[PlanetCCRMA] introductory question. . . .

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 18:24 -0600, Brian Heinrich wrote:
> On 06/24/2006 11:10 PM (-0600 UTC), Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> 
> <snip />
> 
> > I think you probably do have sound working, you are just testing it with
> > the wrong tool (there's many things that could be wrong with "just
> > playing a cd"). 
> >
> > Try something like:
> > - start qjackctl, set reasonable preferences, start jackd
> > - start hydrogen, select a demo song, press play
> > - make sure in qjackctl patchbay that the audio is connected. 
> >
> > Most probably you will hear the demo song...
> > (start envy24control and watch the vu meters)
>
> Out of sheer frustration, I've done an r-'n'-r.  When it comes to the 
> sound card portion of the installation, the sound card seems to be 
> detected properly (bear in mind that I disabled on-board sound in the 
> BIOS) --
> 
>     *Vendor:*  VIA
>     *Model:*   Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O
>     Controller
>     *Module:*  snd-ice1712
> 
> 
> -- but I can't hear the test sound.  However, when I looked at 
> modprobe.conf, I found
> 
>     alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
>     options snd-card-0 index=0
> 
> 
> IIUC, the second line ought to read
> 
>     options snd-ice1712 index=0

It is the same, or you can have actually both. 

> and I have changed it to such.  When I restart alsa from a term, I get:
> 
>     Starting sound driver snd-ice1712                 [ OK ]
>     Starting sequencer                                [ OK ]
>     Starting sequencer driver snd-seq-midi            [ OK ]
>     Restoring sound driver settings /usr/sbin/alsactl: load-state:1712:
>     No soundcards found. . .        [ FAILED ]

That is fine. If you want to get rid of that error just store the mixer
state, do (as root):
  /usr/sbin/alsactl store
that will store the current (not necessarily the right) settings of the
card - in the /etc/asound.conf file. 

> (I had the same problem with alsactl earlier.)  When I reboot, however, 
> all four come back OK . . . but when I log in and go to Applications | 
> System Settings | Soundcard Detection, I /still/ don't hear the test 
> sound. . . . :-(

Did you try the test I suggested above? Any reason not to??

Envy24/ice1712 soundcards have different volume control controls than
the standard consumer level cards, the test app might not be actually
setting the volume right. Just try with jack and hydrogen. 

-- Fernando