[PlanetCCRMA] ALSA/Soundcard problems

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 20:42 -0500, Tim Boulette wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> >On 11/6/05, Tim Boulette <tboulet1 at maine.rr.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>I'm a complete newbie to Linux and PlanetCCRMA, so I'm hoping you all can
> >>bear with me if this is a simple question and I'm just missing it.  I'll
> >>gladly accept all the help I can get.
> >>
> >>I've installed Fedora Core 3 (in fact, I've pretty much followed the
> >>installation instructions from the Planet CCRMA website (http://ccrma
> >>stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installtwosix.html) verbatim.
> >>
> >>My soundcard is a M-Audio Delta 66.  (Also have a VIA AC'97 on the mainboard
> >> which I don't really use.)  The Delta 66 is working fine in WinXP.  During
> >>FC3 installation, setup seems to identify the card, but when I test it I get
> >>no sound.
> >>
> >>I've proceeded with installation anyway, hoping to fix the problem later,
> >>but have been unsuccessful so far.  I've tried updating all FC3 components;
> >>manually installing ALSA; and I've even tried alsaconf to manually set the
> >>Delta 66 as my card -- all to no avail.
> >>
> >>Can anybody give me some ideas about how to solve this problem?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Tim
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Folks would like to see your /etc/modprobe.conf file I'm sure. Also
> >the output of lsmod, and possibly the output of
> >
> >cat /proc/asound/cards
> >
> >One thing some new folks miss is unmuting the card. Have you ran
> >alsamixer and made sure that the card has volume up on the master and
> >PCM cannels? (I'm assuming alsamixer works on that card...)
> >
> >- Mark
> >
> >  
> >
> Thanks to all who have written.  There's some overlapping ideas, so I 
> copy you all on this response.
> 
> Here's my modprobe.conf file:
> 
> alias eth0 8139too
> alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
> alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> install snd-ice1712 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ice1712 && 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-ice1712 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ice1712
> alias snd-card-1 snd-via82xx
> options snd-card-1 index=1
> install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx && 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx
> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
> 
> 
> Here's the output of cat /proc/asound/cards:
> 
> 0 [M66            ]: ICE1712 - M Audio Delta 66
>                      M Audio Delta 66 at 0xb000, irq 12
> 1 [rev50          ]: VIA686A - VIA 82C686A/B rev50
>                      VIA 82C686A/B rev50 at 0xa000, irq 12
> 
> Hmm.  Interesting that the IRQ's are the same--again, they work in 
> Windows XP.  I've made sure the card isn't muted (in fact, in 
> frustration I'd turned every slider up full).  Peter, I'm NOT (yet) 
> using envy24control.  That may be the answer, but (I'm embarassed to 
> say) I can't figure out how to install it. 

It is part of the alsa-tools package, most probably you already have it
installed ("rpm -q alsa-tools" to find out - "apt-get install
alsa-tools" to install it). 

If you have it "envy24control" will start it from a terminal. 

-- Fernando