[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....
James P. Kinney III
jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Mar 2 21:31:50 EST 2006
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:
> 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
> > >>>>_______________________________________________
> > >>>>Ale mailing list
> > >>>>Ale at ale.org <mailto:Ale at ale.org>
> > >>>>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>_______________________________________________
> > >>>Ale mailing list
> > >>>Ale at ale.org <mailto:Ale at ale.org>
> > >>> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>_______________________________________________
> > >>Ale mailing list
> > >> Ale at ale.org <mailto:Ale at ale.org>
> > >>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org <mailto:Ale at ale.org>
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
--
James P. Kinney III \Changing the mobile computing world/
CEO & Director of Engineering \ one Linux user /
Local Net Solutions,LLC \ at a time. /
770-493-8244 \.___________________________./
http://www.localnetsolutions.com
GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
<jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
More information about the Ale
mailing list