Started over with sound problem...

[computeridiot]

OK. I completly started over by re-enstalling Red Hat 9 version workstation on my pc with dual boot Windows XP (boo!) I have no sound at all. When I use the sound card dection device I get the following:
Vendor: Creative Labs
Model: SB live! EMU10k1
Module: emu10k1

when I click on the "play test sound" button I get the following error: "Automatic detection of the sound card did not work. Audio will not be available on the system. Please click OK to continue."

I have spend hours trying to figure this out! I started over from the begining because I probably F-ed things up trying to get it to work, so before I start messing around with it again can I get some tips from the pros? I don't want to use windows anymore...it sucks! I am growing fond of Linux, but the sound issue is killing me here.

[somebitch]

LOL you sound like me. i get the same error but ihave a different card. i am going to recompile the kernel and enable oss. hopefulyl that works...

[TonyB]

I saw your past thread. I have a SBLive with Mandrake9.0. With 5.1 speakers system. I could not get the middle speaker to work but the front x 2, rear x 2 and sub-woofer work(5) and sound great. Here is what I did.

go here and download both files (emu10k1 version 0.20a AND emu-tools version 0.9.4)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1

put both into seperate directories
./configure && make
su
<password>
make install

for each

then go here:

http://www.linuxlogin.com/linux/emu10k1.php

READ the info here, but do as I did........

here is my modules.conf:
----------------------------
probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
alias eth0 3c59x
alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 <----add this is it for the sound, NOT snd-emu10k1 (remove the snd-)
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci

my emu10k1.config:
---------------------
## File emu10k1.conf = /usr/local/etc
## emu-script = /usr/local/etc
## This file is used to configure emu10k1's emu-script
## Edited 12/4/03 - Tony

CARD_IS_5_1=yes
USE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT=no
ENABLE_TONE_CONTROL=yes

# Note, it's safe to say yes to the next option even if you're not going
# to use it. When this option is enabled, the driver can autodetects AC3
# data and behaves normally with normal audio.
# (Saying yes causes some of the soundcard's resourses to be used up)
AC3PASSTHROUGH=yes

# Change this to yes to enable the Livedrive midi port and IR remote
# control.
ENABLE_LIVEDRIVE_IR=no

# Most Lives have their analog front signals inverted. If you have
# problems with your setup (low bass), try changing this to 'yes'. (This
# option has no effect with digital setups)
INVERT_REAR=yes

#Multichannel playback (for 4 - 6 channel setups)
MULTICHANNEL=yes

# On 5.1 cards in multichannel mode, should the multichannel data be fed
# to the sub as well? You probably don't want this if you have a
# speaker set like the DTT2200 which already feeds all channels to the
# sub in hardware.
ROUTE_ALL_TO_SUB=no

# By default, the front analog channels have a +12dB boost applied to
# them by the AC'97 mixer. If you encounter clipping, or find that the
# volume of the front speakers is too high in a multichannel setup, try
# changing this to 'no'.
ANALOG_FRONT_BOOST=no


# Surround
##################

# Some wavs, or mp3 are surround sound encoded the next two
# options can be used to decode these in hardware.
# (select one or the other, NOT BOTH)

# passive matrix surround decoder
SURROUND=no

# Active matrix surround decoder
PROLOGIC=no


# Extra Inputs
#################

## This connector is mounted on the card itself
# Volume control is 'Digital1' in aumix/gmix/kmix
ENABLE_CD_Spdif=no

# The next four inputs are found on Livedrives, some of these may also
# be inputs on the older add-on daughter cards.

ENABLE_OPTICAL_SPDIF=no # Volume control is 'Digital2'
ENABLE_LINE2_MIC2=no # Volume control is 'Line2'
ENABLE_RCA_SPDIF=no # Volume control is 'Digital3'
ENABLE_RCA_AUX=no # Volume control is 'line3'

in my /etc/rc.local I added: (last file ran before login prompt, use your equal)
/usr/local/etc/emu-script
This script will read emu10k1.conf

After u install the emu-tools, emu-script and emu10k1.conf will be in /usr/local/etc. Edit emu10k1.conf like mine. If it works u can play with different settings.

I hope I didn't confuse you. I didn't try it the way described on the SBLive Suppoet site. If this way fails, try his...

worked for me!

Good luck

[computeridiot]

how do i detect my I/O, IRQ, and dma settings for my soundblaster card and put them in the /etc/modules.conf file?

[TonyB]

as ROOT

run lsmod

here is mine:

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
lp 6720 0 (unused)
parport_pc 21672 1
parport 23936 1 [lp parport_pc]
isofs 25652 1 (autoclean)
inflate_fs 17892 0 (autoclean) [isofs]
udf 85472 0 (autoclean)
agpgart 31840 3 (autoclean)
sr_mod 15096 2 (autoclean)
floppy 49340 0 (autoclean)
emu10k1 60044 0
ac97_codec 9544 0 [emu10k1] <--******sound is loaded
soundcore 3780 0 [emu10k1] <--- ditto
af_packet 13000 1 (autoclean)
3c59x 27184 1 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 4348 1 (autoclean)
nls_iso8859-1 2844 5 (autoclean)
nls_cp850 3580 1 (autoclean)
vfat 9588 2 (autoclean)
fat 31864 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount 14340 2 (autoclean)
ide-cd 28712 0
cdrom 26848 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi 8212 1
scsi_mod 90372 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
NVdriver 1065920 10
usb-uhci 21676 0 (unused)
usbcore 58304 1 [usb-uhci]
rtc 6560 0 (autoclean)
reiserfs 169776 6

If u see this, then the sound driver is loaded.

also type:
cat /proc/interrupts

mine:
-----
CPU0
0: 3280789 XT-PIC timer
1: 9577 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 134275 XT-PIC serial
5: 92271 XT-PIC EMU10K1
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
10: 2795392 XT-PIC nvidia
11: 45256 XT-PIC usb-uhci, usb-uhci, eth0
12: 703300 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 78345 XT-PIC ide0
15: 229426 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
LOC: 3280927
ERR: 810
MIS: 0

If it is there, Linux should know u have a sound card. Does this card work in windows?

SO, if everything is checks ok in this post, re-read the previous post and do what it says.

[computeridiot]

usb.c: registered new driver hid
hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal
Adding Swap: 257000k swap-space (priority -1)
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,2), internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
hdd: attached ide-scsi driver.
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
Vendor: LG Model: CD-RW CED-8120B Rev: 1.03
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 02:0c.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.3
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: D-Link DFE-538TX (RealTek RTL8139) at 0xc88cac00, 00:40:05:39:a5:71, IRQ 10
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 41e1.parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.20, 11:44:07 Dec 1 2003
PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 02:0a.0
emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8032 found, IO at 0xdf80-0xdf9f, IRQ 3
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: CRY20 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev B)
Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.20, 11:44:07 Dec 1 2003
PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 02:0a.0
emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8032 found, IO at 0xdf80-0xdf9f, IRQ 3
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: CRY20 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev B)
[root@x1-6-00-40-05-39-a5-71 root]#

[TonyB]

If lsmod and cat /proc/interrupts look ok, then re-read the 1st post and do what is says.....

BY chance is this a new system or one that the sound card was removed?
Make sure everything is seated, and the wire connections are correct. That includes the wire from the CD to the sound card, and the connections on the back of the card. If u have just 2 speakers and 1 wire, put in a music CD and play it and try that 1 plug in all the plugins, I forget which one worked for me...

[computeridiot]

[root@x1-6-00-40-05-39-a5-71 root]# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 71020 XT-PIC timer
1: 66 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 325 XT-PIC EMU10K1
5: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
10: 5016 XT-PIC eth0
12: 20304 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 16637 XT-PIC ide0
15: 18066 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
[root@x1-6-00-40-05-39-a5-71 root]#

[computeridiot]

[root@x1-6-00-40-05-39-a5-71 root]# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
emu10k1 69064 0
ac97_codec 14568 0 [emu10k1]
sound 74228 0 [emu10k1]
soundcore 6404 7 [emu10k1 sound]
parport_pc 19076 1 (autoclean)
lp 8996 0 (autoclean)
parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs 13268 0 (autoclean) (unused)
8139too 18120 1
mii 3976 0 [8139too]
ipt_REJECT 3992 6 (autoclean)
iptable_filter 2412 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 15096 2 [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
sg 36524 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 18136 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 12208 0
scsi_mod 107544 3 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd 35712 0
cdrom 33728 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
mousedev 5556 1
hid 22244 0 (unused)
input 5856 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 26412 0 (unused)
usbcore 79040 1 [hid usb-uhci]
ext3 70784 2
jbd 51924 2 [ext3]
[root@x1-6-00-40-05-39-a5-71 root]#

[TonyB]

If you have a builtin sound card on your motherboard, go into the Bios setup and turn it off...
It seems you are loading the emu driver more than once...

[computeridiot]

it is not built in. it is in pci slot soundblasterlive value card

[TonyB]

Ok, check your moduled.conf. It seems u are loading emu10k1 more than 1 time. If its not there, log onto Red Hat and see if they offer any help. Maybe Red Hat does something different than mandrake....

post your modules.conf

[AussieJohn]

TonyB's comment is still valid. Just because you have a sound card installed does not automatically mean that you have no audio facilities on your mainboard.

When you reboot, go into your BIOS and check if there is inbuilt audio on your mainboard, and if there is then make sure that it is set as disabled.

Tony is correct when he says you cannot have two audio systems running at the same time.

Cheers. John (69yrs young)

[computeridiot]

does this help

class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: agpgart
desc: "Intel Corp.|82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH)"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2530
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Intel Corp.|82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2532
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: i810_rng
desc: "Intel Corp.|82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 244e
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: i810-tco
desc: "Intel Corp.|82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC)"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2440
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Intel Corp.|82801BA IDE U100"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 244b
subVendorId: 107b
subDeviceId: 0063
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Intel Corp.|82801BA/BAM SMBus"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2443
subVendorId: 107b
subDeviceId: 0063
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: emu10k1-gp
desc: "Creative Labs|SB Live! MIDI/Game Port"
vendorId: 1102
deviceId: 7002
subVendorId: 1102
subDeviceId: 0020
pciType: 1
-
class: OTHER
bus: USB
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "USB UHCI Root Hub"
usbclass: 9
usbsubclass: 0
usbprotocol: 0
usbbus: 1
usblevel: 0
usbport: 0
vendorId: 0000
deviceId: 0000
usbprod: USB UHCI Root Hub
-
class: OTHER
bus: USB
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "USB UHCI Root Hub"
usbclass: 9
usbsubclass: 0
usbprotocol: 0
usbbus: 2
usblevel: 0
usbport: 0
vendorId: 0000
deviceId: 0000
usbprod: USB UHCI Root Hub
-
class: NETWORK
bus: PCI
detached: 0
device: eth
driver: 8139too
desc: "D-Link System Inc|RTL8139 Ethernet"
vendorId: 1186
deviceId: 1300
subVendorId: 1186
subDeviceId: 1301
pciType: 1
-
class: NETWORK
bus: PCI
detached: 0
device: eth
driver: unknown
desc: "Broadcom Corporation|BCM4211 iLine10 HomePNA 2.0 + V.90 56k modem"
vendorId: 14e4
deviceId: 4211
subVendorId: fa42
subDeviceId: fa00
pciType: 1
-
class: MOUSE
bus: PSAUX
detached: 0
device: psaux
driver: msintellips/2
desc: "Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse"
-
class: AUDIO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: emu10k1
desc: "Creative Labs|SB Live! EMU10k1"
vendorId: 1102
deviceId: 0002
subVendorId: 1102
subDeviceId: 8032
pciType: 1
-
class: CDROM
bus: IDE
detached: 0
device: hdc
driver: ignore
desc: "TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1502"
-
class: CDROM
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: scd0
driver: ignore
desc: "Lg CD-RW CED-8120B"
host: 0
id: 0
channel: 0
lun: 0
generic: sg0
-
class: VIDEO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: Card:NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)
desc: "nVidia Corporation|NV15BR [GeForce2 Ultra, Bladerunner]"
vendorId: 10de
deviceId: 0152
subVendorId: 1545
subDeviceId: 0015
pciType: 1
-
class: FLOPPY
bus: MISC
detached: 0
device: fd0
driver: unknown
desc: "3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive"
-
class: HD
bus: IDE
detached: 0
device: hda
driver: ignore
desc: "IBM-DTLA-307045"
physical: 89355/16/63
logical: 5606/255/63
-
class: USB
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: usb-uhci
desc: "Intel Corp.|82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1)"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2442
subVendorId: 107b
subDeviceId: 0063
pciType: 1
-
class: USB
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: usb-uhci
desc: "Intel Corp.|82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2)"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2444
subVendorId: 107b
subDeviceId: 0063
pciType: 1

[computeridiot]

how do i find the I/O address,IRQ and the DMA channel for my soundcard?