Re: Fw: PROBLEM: SB Live! 5.1 (emu10k1, rev. 0a) doesn't work with 2.6.15

[Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net>]

> > i've compiled vanilla 2.6.15 and my sound card doesn't work anymore.
> > i can see it in kmix (and adjust the volumes, too), it appears in
> > dmesg (at ALSA devices), xmms & mplayer doesn't say anything about
> > errors, but it doesn't make any sound.
> > the onboard soundcard, via8233, works well with the same 2.6.15.
> > sb live! works well with 2.6.14.2 and previous.
> > i'm using an updated Slackware.
> >
> > if you have any questions i'll answer.
>
> First check /proc/asound/cards to see whether the emu10k1 model is
> detected properly.  If '[Unknown]' is shown, your model is not
> listed in the whitelist.
>
> There was a bug that the front control conflicts with ac97 and emu10k1
> dsp which was already fixed in the latest version (at least on
> 2.6.16-rc3).

For what it is worth, I had issues with my SB Live! but as this all
(appeared) to start when my CPU died and I had to reset BIOS or if I
did indeed move up to 2.6.15 at around the same time I can't remember
(2.6.15 release and CPU died all around same date) - refer to the
following:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/11/4

As stated the solution for me was to update alsa-utils and alsa-libs
which fixed the issues I was getting - I found that if one of the
'controls' (15, I think?) was invalid at boot, all the volume settings
in alsamixer got set to '0' (i.e. mute/turned off) - no sound.

Nick