[PlanetCCRMA] still working on sound issues for FC5

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 19:06 -0500, tom poe wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On 8/4/06, tom poe <tompoe@fngi.net> wrote:
> >> 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev
> >> 04)
> >>        Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4850 SBLive! Value
> >>        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> >>        I/O ports at 10a0 [size=32]
> >>        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
> >>
> >> root@dhcppc0 heather]# cat /proc/asound/cards
> >> 0 [Live           ]: EMU10K1 - SBLive! Value [CT4670]
> >>                      SBLive! Value [CT4670] (rev.4, serial:0x201102) at
> >> 0x10a0, irq 11
> >>
> >> Do the readings above look reasonable?  I'm searching for why the
> >> computer has system sounds, but microphone only works when testing
> >> microphone -> speakers.  When I bring up softphone (xlite) or audacity,
> >> there's no recording/delay or any sound output.
> >> Any help appreciated.
> >> Tom
> >
> > Tom,
> >   I don't have an SB but they look reasonable. Some things to look at:
> >
> > 1) Is some other app or sound server (like esd) grabbing Alsa and
> > getting in the way of normal usage? Check your process list for
> > everything that could be audio related.
> >
> > 2) If you run alsamixer have you unmuted everything required to get
> > the mic input to work? Have you brought up mic volume?
> >
> Thanks, Mark:  On my machine, FC5,
> ps -ef | grep esd
> tom       2233     1  0 Aug03 ?        00:00:09 /usr/bin/esd -terminate 
> -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 18
> 
> I asked my daughter (she's up in Minneapolis) and hers is the same.  
> I've now got her next step to stop and start alsa and report what 
> happens.  I installed FC5 on my machine, and on hers.  I don't remeber 
> which setup I used for my install, and which setup I chose for hers.  
> Something is blocking the path to /dev/dsp, on her machine when she 
> tries the microphone recording.

Esd can (should) be disabled by going to the "System" -> "Preferences"
-> "Sound" dialog. It's probably what's keeping /dev/dsp busy...

-- Fernando