Re: [Sheflug] Soundblaster Live! not working

[nospam [at] alexhudson.com]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:39:19AM +0100, matt fairtlough wrote:
> > are digital; but the audio that comes out is analogue..). You need to make
> > sure the CD->Sound Card connection is good (connectors firmly in, etc.), 
> 
> I still have to check this: I suspect the connection is dodgy and I will
> try moving the card if that doesn't seem to be the problem.  

That sounds a good plan to me - CD audio is very basic to get working, and
doesn't require any OS drivers (apart from the card mixer in some cases). If
wave files are working and CD audio isn't, that generally indicates hardware
:)

> > and that the CD audio mixer is turned up.
> 
> I assume you meant mixer channel, and not that I'd have to run 2 mixer
> programs...

Yes, sorry :)

> > Look on the bright side: your sound config is mostly working!
> 
> I guess that is true, but it still doesn't "sound right"; some kind of
> "static" that I'm sure wasn't there before we installed SuSE.  Perhaps
> that also indicates a hardware problem?

If it sounds okay in Gentus but not in SuSE, it's probably a software thing.
By static, do you mean continuous noise, or blips inbetween sounds, or what?
It can be a number of things - dodgy grounding, for example - but can be a
software thing too. 

Try also looking at http://how.to/sblive

> So I looked in to that, but I don't really understand the documentation,
> which appears to say that none of the remaining configuration lines
> should be uncommented if the first three (i.e. 
> alias char-major-14 off
> alias sound off
> alias midi off
> )
> are left in.  But the lines I uncommented out DO appear to be needed, if
> the error messages above are to be believed.

Did you then comment out the three lines you mentioned? (I think you ought
to!)

Cheers,

Alex.

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