[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....
H. A. Story
adrin at bellsouth.net
Fri Mar 3 18:22:41 EST 2006
Could it be you are looking for alsaconf and alsamixer?? alsactrl will
save nd restore the setting. and the file you may have been looking for
is /etc/modules.conf. At least that is how is works under Slackware.
Or at least I should type it did work until I screwed with it.
Adrin
Courtney Thomas wrote:
>Was it /etc/rc.d/ mixer ?
>
>Thank you,
>Courtney
>
>
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>James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>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:
>>
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>>>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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