Sound Blaster Live! Value

[86]

Hi,

I'm new and I have a problem (nothing new to the board I imagine). I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.0 which comes with kernel 2.2.14. I recently purchased a NIC (fa311, natsemi driver) and upgraded the kernel to 2.4.5.

After the upgrade of the kernel, I can't seem to get the sound card to spit out sounds clearly. Although I can hear the sound card working when playing mp3's, there's alot of static. It is a Sound Blaster Live! Value. I'm using the latest and greatest driver from opensource.creative.com, the emu10k1.

I have compiled the kernel with the driver inside and also using modules. They both produce the same effect. The weird thing is, under kernel 2.2.14 the card works perfectly (I have both kernels in lilo).

I've tried sndconfig and that didn't help. :( Anyway, any and all help would be _greatly_ appreciated. Thank you. :)

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p.s.
NHF and all the posts and answers have help so much. Kernel upgrade, NIC troubles, etc. Thank you folks. :)

[pbharris]

hello,
I have seen this problem when going from 2.2 to 2.4 kernels , have you tried the kernel module which comes with stock kernel rather the one from creative? I have one which works very good under all kernels tried so far. I assume you don't have a heavy load on the processor.

[86]

I'm so happy that someone has seen the problem before. Which means someone has a solution (i hope).

I don't think I have a heavy load on the processor since the sound card was working perfectly under 2.2.14's kernel. I am/was using the emu10k1 that came stock with the 2.4.5 kernel and later added the module from creative's web site.

The 2.2.14 kernel (from Mandrake) has emu10k1 built in to the kernel (no module). Is there a way for me to use that old driver to test with the new kernel? I can't seem to locate the old driver anywhere on my system. :(

Wait, is there a emu10k1 that came stock with the 2.2.14 kernel? Maybe it's using another driver... hmmm... gonna research that a little bit.

Oh, I forgot to mention my hardware:

celeron 300A -> 450
abit 440bx rev.2
192 RAM
voodoo3 3000 agp
ricoh cdrw 8x4x24 (don't remember exact numbers)
creative dvd 12x
creative decoder dxr3
creative sb live value
netgear NIC fa311

Thank you very much pbharris for responding. Can you possibly email me that one? I'll try anything at this stage. Thank you. :)

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[pbharris]

every problem of this type has been related to the kernel, be it compiled as a module or into the running kernel (with it it being compiled in the kernel being a bad thing) and when it ran as a module it worked for the most aprt correctly. I am guessing that you looked at the NHF in the hardware section. I guess I would nab some different drivers from creative, recompile and edit /etc/modules.conf if needed, then crank open gmix and see if the settings in there make sense. i would think a conflict between the NIC and the SBlive unlikely... maybe if the natsemi is a module it can be unloaded. also, are tehre any sound demons running?

[element-x]

ok, this may be totally un-related to your problem, but in the 2.4.x kernels, tone control was totally lost in emu10k1 (bass/treble)

in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/emu10k1/Makefile

somewhere on it's own seperate line add

EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DTONE_CONTROL


Personally the only problem I've encountered with the sb live was static while using mandrake 7.0+, and the above problem (no bass/treble) and then with using the driver from opensource.creative.com in addition to losing bass/treble in the mixer, I lost digital output and what not.

Anyways, I hope this helps out a bit.