Re: [linux-audio-user] Two sound cards - module loading and signal routing

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Two sound cards - module loading and signal routing
From: Kevin Cosgrove (kevinc_AT_doink.com)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 07:51:18 EET

On 6 December 2004 at 21:06, Jan Depner <eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 18:42, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> > Two questions...
> >
> > First, I've got two sound cards in my system:
> >
> > ICH4 845G/GL Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller
> > 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
> > Intel 82801DB-ICH4 at 0xffaff800, irq 17
> > Module: snd-intel8x0
> >
> > Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V/AudioPCI128
> > 1 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
> > Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xdc00, irq 18
> > Module: snd-ens1371
> >
> > The first "sound card", number 0, is on the motherboard. I can't
> > get it to load as card number 1. /etc/modules.conf makes no
> > difference in this regard. "snd-card-0" and "sound-slot-0" seem
> > to be ignored. I've tried lots of variants in modules.conf to get
> > this to work, and tried various orders. Here's a simple case:
> >
> > alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
> >
> > Is there a way to get this to work?
> >
> >
> > My second question might be related to the first. If I disable
> > the on-board sound card, then all but one sound related thing
> > works for me. Audio in/out works, MIDI in/out works, speakers
> > work. Playing a CD does not produce sound no matter what the
> > application (cdp, Kscd, xmcd). If I enable the on-board sound,
> > then I can play CDs fine, but the output comes out of the
> > on-board sound card. I'd like to reroute the CD sound to come
> > out of the SoundBlaster PCI sound card. How can I do this?
> >
> >
> There should be a cable that runs from your CD player (audio out) to
> some spot on your mobo for audio. Disconnect it from your mobo and
> connect it to your sound card. It's usually pretty obvious where to
> connect it.

Bingo! (BIG DUH, on my part :-/) Thanks Jan!

I've got all I want now from my SoundBlaster card. It does bother me
some that I couldn't get the cards to load correctly, but I suppose
that's just the way it is.

Thanks again....
  

--
Kevin

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