[ale] HOWTO tell is sound problem is hdw or software ?

[Dave]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to remember reading that the 
emu10k1 kernel module doesn't support digital output.

On Thursday 17 January 2002 06:24 pm, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Greetings !
>
> I've got a new SBLive! soundcard running under Debian-2.4.6 with a
> Creative Inspire 5.1 [5300] speaker system that apparently won't output
> from the soundcard's Digital channel, though the Line Output front/rear
> channels perform well.
>
> I wonder if I'm setting it up correctly. I have 4 of the five small
> speakers playing from the Line Output channels of the sound card and am
> attempting to play the other small speaker [which is plugged into the
> "center" output speaker channel of the speaker console and into the
> Digital channel of the sound card, and am getting no sound from it.
>
> Incidentally, the bass console which is the 6th speaker unit is
> satisfactory also.
>
> How can I tell if the problem is the soundcard or software ? The driver
> is emu10k1. Also, I did swap the center speaker out with another of the
> small speakers and it worked, so it's not the small speaker itself
> [currently connected to the "center" output].
>
> So....trying to be concise, I guess it's either software or the card's
> got a bad digital output [or I've somehow erred in setting it up].
>
> Appreciatively,
>
> Courtney
>
>
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