Creative Audigy mp3+ = no sound

[gonzalo76]

Hi,

I have problems with my sound card, Creative Labs Audigy mp3+, basically, Fedora detects the soundcard using "audigy" driver, but I can't hear any sound when I probe the sound.

I tried to installed ALSA drivers thinking that maybe this driver can fix my problem, but I don't know how to do it right. I think I'm doing something wrong in the /etc/modules.conf cause when I edited I could not boot again in x mode again, don't know.

Does anybody know something about it, where to read instructions, or how to have sound?

Thank you
gonzalo

[vorte[x]]

Hi gonzalo76,

Are you using FC1? FC1 has the 'emu10k1' OSS module included, by default, which should work out of the box.

While you're at it, please paste output of uname -r.

- V

[feenixx]

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Audigy+Gamer&chip=Audigy&module=emu10k1


and info about mixing multiple soundstreams
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin


after you've got correct modules loaded, be sure to unmute sound channel(s) (master,
pcm..)

use alsactl to store volume settings between reboots.

[gonzalo76]

Modules options should go here

Sorry, but, what does it mean "Modules options should go here" ?
What should I paste and copy in my /etc/modules.conf file ? Should I copy all this lines? What should I write in #modules options should go here?


# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
# module options should go here

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

Thanks again !

[feenixx]

dont' worry about '#module options should go here' line, disregard it.

those lines look ok to me for modules.conf (you're prolly using 2.4
kernel because you said modules.conf earlier, for 2.6 it's modprobe.conf)


did you build alsa from source, or installed as rpm's? (if rpm's, make
sure you've installed required ones)

for saving/restoring volume levels, add these lines to modules.conf

post-install snd-card-emu10k1 /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
pre-remove snd-card-emu10k1 /usr/sbin/alsactl store

[gonzalo76]

Thank you so much feenixx and vortex for your help, I could install ALSA drivers perfectly well. I'm finally listening mp3s in digital sound here !!!!!!

Just one thing feenixx...

This lines that you told me in the /etc/modules.conf

post-install snd-card-emu10k1 /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
pre-remove snd-card-emu10k1 /usr/sbin/alsactl store

are the same like this one (from http://foolish.digitalinc.info/docs/alsa/ )

post-install snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || :


Greetings
gonzalo

[feenixx]

glad you got it sorted finally :)

post-install & pre-install lines in that tutorial are much better indeed.