[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....

[Courtney Thomas]

Was it /etc/rc.d/ mixer ?

Thank you,
Courtney




James P. Kinney III wrote:
> I can't recall the name of the app. But I ran into this a long time ago.
> There is a "default" sound setting stored in /etc/<mumble foo settings>
> that is accessed with a commandline tool similar to amixer. Senility has
> firmly griped that neuron, alas. That tool set the baseline sound levels
> that everything else stated with. I ran into this using FC 1-2 on a
> thinkpad. 
> 
> If I think of this, I'll add more.
> 
> On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 18:42 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
>>Thank you for your insight, but unfortunately it made no difference in 
>>my case.
>>
>>I'm guessin' the CD-to-Soundcard cable is wrong.
>>
>>Cordially,
>>Courtney
>>
>>J. D. wrote:
>>
>>>That has been my experience Courtney. I have never encountered that 
>>>particular symptom that you are experiencing but to properly set up an 
>>>ISA card its corresponding IRQ setting in the bios needs to be toggled 
>>>from PCI to ISA. Normally this is IRQ 5 or sometimes IRQ 5 and 9 set to 
>>>ISA. This stuff only applies to old motherboards with ISA slots though.
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>
>>>J. D.
>>>
>>>On 3/2/06, *Courtney Thomas* <cc.thomas at earthlink.net 
>>><mailto:cc.thomas at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    JD,
>>>
>>>    Thank you for your reply.
>>>
>>>    Will the ISA card not function properly unless IRQ 5 is set as legacy
>>>    ISA rather than PNP in the BIOS ?
>>>
>>>    Cordially,
>>>
>>>    Courtney
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    J. D. Pearson wrote:
>>>     > Wow an isa card. On some of those you would need to jumper the
>>>    card for
>>>     > a free irq such as irq5 if it is isa. If that is the case then
>>>    usually
>>>     > the bios needs to have irq5 set for legacy ISA, and not pci. It would
>>>     > normally be under the PNP/PCI Configuration menu or something
>>>    similar in
>>>     > the bios.
>>>     >
>>>     > Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >>Zeb,
>>>     >>
>>>     >>Thanks for the kind offer.
>>>     >>
>>>     >>Where are you and the book ?
>>>     >>
>>>     >>Appreciatively,
>>>     >>
>>>     >>Courtney
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>zeb wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>I have a book, published by Osborne:  "SoundBlaster, the
>>>    Official Book".
>>>     >>>It has information on the SoundBlaster 2.0, including some pin
>>>    information.  I
>>>     >>>have  not studied it in quite a while and I want to keep it.  If
>>>    you are
>>>     >>>interested enough to come here and read it  (making whatever
>>>    notes you want)
>>>     >>>I will be happy to let you do that.  I do not want to sell or
>>>    lend it.
>>>     >>>Let me know...
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>Zeb
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:15, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>>I now have the SoundBlaster 2.0 card installed and the drivers load
>>>     >>>>correctly but the sound coming out of the speakers with maximum
>>>    volume
>>>     >>>>is barely audible.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>Ruling out speakers, CDROM and CD as being the problem,... when the
>>>     >>>>speakers are plugged directly into the CDROM player, the sound
>>>    is OK.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>I have connected a cable with 4 pin plugs from the CDROM's analog
>>>     >>>>connection which apparently cannot be done incorrectly since
>>>    the two
>>>     >>>>interior pins are both ground.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>That leaves the CDROM-to-SoundBlaster connection which is
>>>    marked line
>>>     >>>>out on the card and is an expected 4 pins. I have tried this
>>>    connection
>>>     >>>>both ways, i.e. rotating the connector 180 deg. and still no sound.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>I don't have any docs on the card and Creative has nothing on
>>>    it's site,
>>>     >>>>it being legacy and costing them a fortune to leave the docs
>>>    online  :-)
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>Anyway, there are several jumper pins on the card whose purpose
>>>    I don't
>>>     >>>>know. FM and VOICE are not jumpered. Of 22X and 24X, 22X is
>>>    jumpered.
>>>     >>>>The 2 interior [of 4 total] pins marked Microphone are jumpered.
>>>     >>>>And...there are several other pin sets, some jumpered, some
>>>    not, but
>>>     >>>>they are not functionally described with onboard markings.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>If anyone has one of these ISA SoundBlaster cards functioning, I'd
>>>     >>>>appreciate the necessary missing revelation  :-)
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>Cordially,
>>>     >>>>Courtney
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