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[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....
Could it be you are looking for alsaconf and alsamixer?? alsactrl will
save nd restore the setting. and the file you may have been looking for
is /etc/modules.conf. At least that is how is works under Slackware.
Or at least I should type it did work until I screwed with it.
Adrin
Courtney Thomas wrote:
>Was it /etc/rc.d/ mixer ?
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>Thank you,
>Courtney
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>James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>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
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