Re: [linux-audio-user] audiophile 2496 with Fedora Core 3

Hi Mike. rpm won't pick it up. You need to do cat /proc/asound/version as root
to get the alsa version thats installed. Nigel.

On Monday 18 Apr 2005 8:25 pm, Michael Mossey wrote:
> <quote who="Fernando Lopez-Lezcano">
>
> > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 11:21, Michael Mossey wrote:
> >> Thanks for the info-- another question: Is the idea here that kudzu
> >> will
> >> fail to detect the Audiophile 2496 if onboard sound is enabled?
> >> Shouldn't
> >> it be able to detect both sound systems?
> >
> > Yes, it should detect both. There could be several reasons for the
> > failure. One is that for some reason the system does not see the card as
> > plugged in into the pci bus (which does not make sense as you say it
> > works under windows). Do a:
> > lspci -v
> > Do you see an entry for the 2496?
> >
> > The other reason could be that the card has a pci revision number that
> > is not recognized by the version of alsa that you have installed at this
> > point (is this the Planet CCRMA version? Or the original Fedora
> > version?).
> >
> > Try loading (as root) the kernel module for the card and see what the
> > load process says:
> >
> > /sbin/modprobe snd-ice1712
>
> I'm not at this computer now, but when I did
>
> rpm -q alsa
>
> it said that alsa was not installed. I guess the FC3 installer doesn't
> include it by default. Maybe that is my next step.
>
> -Mike
>
> > -- Fernandp
> >
> >> This same Audiophile 2496 card is accessible to Windows XP and works
> >> fine
> >> there. (This is a dual-boot system.)
> >>
> >> More information: I installed the OSS driver for the Audiophile 2496 but
> >> it said "failed to find the hardware." I don't know in what sense it
> >> tries, whether it actually probes the PCI bus or just reads
> >> /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. Of course the A2496 was not in
> >> /etc/sysconfig/hwconf because kudzu didn't find it.
> >>
> >> Okay, I will check the mobo jumpers.
> >>
> >> Thanks everyone,
> >> -Mike
> >>
> >> <quote who="nigel henry">
> >>
> >> > Hi Mike. You may have a jumper on your mobo to disable the onboard
> >> > soundcard.
> >> > I use an Audigy2 soundblaster card and disabling the onboard sound by
> >> > means
> >> > of the jumper on the board got things going ok. You'll probably need
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >> > manual for the mobo to see where it actually is. All the best. Nigel.
> >> >
> >> > On Monday 18 Apr 2005 5:54 pm, Michael Mossey wrote:
> >> >> Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. Unofrtunately, I'm still
> >>
> >> having
> >>
> >> >> problems. kudzu is not finding by Audiophile 2496. I commented out
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >> >> onboard sound stuff from /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
> >> >> and
> >> >> rebooted. I disabled the onboard sound in the bios--or rather, it
> >> >> wasn't
> >> >> clear what the bios options were, I selected "disable audio codec"
> >>
> >> which
> >>
> >> >> was the only audio-related option. I booted FC3. It detected "new
> >> >> hardware" which turned out to be the onboard sound. It did not
> >>
> >> detect
> >>
> >> >> the
> >> >> Audiophile 2496.
> >> >>
> >> >> This is an HP Pavilion computer.
> >> >>
> >> >> Any ideas at this point?
> >> >>
> >> >> -Mike
> >> >>
> >> >> <
> >> >> quote who="aljordan@email-addr-hidden">
> >> >>
> >> >> > When I installed Planetccrma, I had a the onboard motherboard sound
> >> >>
> >> >> card
> >> >>
> >> >> > working. When I put the Audiophile 2496 in, I installed it, let
> >>
> >> kudzu
> >>
> >> >> > find it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > After bootup I edited /etc/modprobe.conf and moved the new lines
> >>
> >> for
> >>
> >> >> the
> >> >>
> >> >> > audiophile in front of the ones for the onboard sound, and I also
> >> >> > reversed the snd-card-0 snd-card-1 numbers so that the audiophile
> >>
> >> 2496
> >>
> >> >> > was seen as the default sound card.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > After that I added a .asoundrc file for the audiophile 2496 to my
> >>
> >> home
> >>
> >> >> > directory and a system wide one to /etc based on the directions at
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >> >> > alsa site:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=M
> >> >> >idiman
> >> >> > %2FMAudio&card=Delta+Audiophile+2496.&chip=ICE1712+%28Envy24%29&mod
> >> >> >ule=ice 1712#aso
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Alan
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> > From: Michael Mossey <mpm@email-addr-hidden>
> >> >> > Date: Sunday, April 17, 2005 5:24 pm
> >> >> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] audiophile 2496 with Fedora Core 3
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Hmm, when I went to the Planet CCRMA website, it said "Install
> >> >> >> Fedora Core
> >> >> >> 3. You should now have a properly configured and working sound
> >> >> >> card.
> >> >> >> Then install the CCRMA sound applications." What's wrong with
> >>
> >> this
> >>
> >> >> >> picture is that I don't have a properly configured and working
> >> >> >> sound card
> >> >> >> after doing the Fedora Core 3 install. It didn't recognize my
> >> >> >> Audiophile2496 as far as I can tell--it configured the onboard
> >> >> >> sound. Can you tell
> >> >> >> me more specifically what you did to get the Audiophile 2496
> >>
> >> working?
> >>
> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >> Mike
Received on Tue Apr 19 00:15:23 2005