> I have a Dell Dimension 8300 desktop computer with both integrated
> sound and a Sound Blaster Live! series sound card. I have recently
> installed Fedora Core 1 on this computer to work alongside Windows XP.
> During the installation process, the Sound Card detection screen did
> not appear as it should have. After the software was installed, I went
> to Main Menu - System Settings - Sound Card Detection but it said that
> it could not find any sound card. As of now, my Linux system can only
> use the internal speaker on my computer. Please let me know what could
> possibly be wrong. Thanks.
> P.S. I am an absolute beginner with Linux so please don't get too
> technical :-)
Firstly - search the news group before you make these posts. There is a
near exact same thread below that has troubleshooting for the same issue
on FC3. Heres my answer to that...
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Subject: Re: SB Live on Fedora Core 3
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:51:56 +1100
Quote:> Where do I start debugging this?
Put an "lsmod" here for us to look at. I run the SB LIVE! card myself, and
have never had any issues. I have pre-compiled in support for the cards
into my kernel, but it should work just as well as a module. Make sure
"emu10k1 is actually inserted into the running kernel.
Have you tried doing things as root - it may be a permissions issue. Maybe
also check the symlinks for /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp, ideally they should
point to something like mixer0 and dsp0.
Also, chopping out some of your "dmesg" boot log may be helpful here -
again post what is necessary only. For my working setup, I have the
following ALSA assignment being picked up:
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.4 (Mon May 17 14:31:44 2004 UTC).
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:0d.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:09.1
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:01:00.0
ALSA device list:
#0: Sound Blaster Live! (rev.7) at 0xd000, irq 11
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The last fella had issues basically due to muted output - play with the
system mixer volume settings, and go from there. Mainly, make sure the
sound module is loaded, and ALSA is picking up everything.
Cheers
Tim
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