semi-pro PCI snd crd for linux

[tleslie]

does this card have a toslink fiber optics output?
go into  alsamixer  make sure the needed volume leves are above 0,
sometime they start at 0 by default, and there is Master, PCM, etc

i have had issues with sound cards, like:
1) had to run yast and reinstall it via yast every reboot so it worked
	(but since machine stays up 24/7 this wasnt a issue),
2) had to switch to another method other then ALAS to get working.
3) had to install new alsa,

if the card is "detected" by linux, and in alsa's compat. charts it
gives it reference of basic workability, it 99.999% likel to work.

check your dmesg and /var/log/messages for issues around module load.

maybe you have a irq issue, but i havnt seen those in ages.

You might want to try a live ubuntu fiesty CD or knoppix,
see if one of those gets it to breath, 
then perhaps not the inserted modules that it loaded
to make it work. Yeah, this is a good and easy next step!

-tl

On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 13:20 -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I'm top-posting to make an apology and explanation for reviving 
> this thread. I lost the responses I got to this post. I did a clean 
> install (fedora) to give me the kernel and alsa versions I need for a 
> semi-pro sound card. The backup I had to re-construct my mail (which was 
> an adventure)from was old as we moved and I accumulated a lot of email 
> before I got the backup machine set up again. 'nuff said.
> 
> I did buy (and physically install) the EMU 1212 M PCI sound card. I have 
> eight business days now to get this working under linux (I've been 
> drywalling my home recording studio) before I send it back (30-day 
> return) to L&McQ.
> 
> It's being detected as the Creative Labs SB Audigy, but no sound comes 
> out of it. The first thing I had to wrap my mind around was that it has 
> no 'spkr' output. I assume the 1/4" OUTs are what go the speakers. 
> Someone on this list (Lennart?) explained to me (IIRC) that I can't just 
> "trivially" (meaning, I guess, that it /looks/ connected but it ain't 
> done /right)/ hook up the sound card OUT to speakers - they must be 
> balanced (TRS) 1/4" ends. I understand now that "stereo", "balanced" and 
> "TRS" (tip, ring, sleeve) are synonymous. So, I have a 1/4" male 
> -to-1/8" female adaptor from the sound card to the TRS 1/8" male that 
> goes to the PC speakers. Still no sound. The speakers do work as I can 
> get sound from the onboard card (which I thought I disabled in the BIOS, 
> but just seems to be only a tab selection away from testing in the GUI 
> System>Administration>Soundcard Detection).
> 
> I will test the 1/4" male -to-1/8" female adaptor (that I have in the 
> soundcard) to make sure it works. I'll go to alsa-projects.org again to 
> see how to get the card working under linux. There also is a good hacker 
> working in the local Krazy Krazy who might take this on. So, I need to 
> do all I can quickly, so I can it to him, see what he can do, and still 
> have time to get it back to L&McQ by Sept 17.
> 
> Suggestions would be welcome.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> > I am upgrading my home recording studio.
> >
> > I need a linux-friendly PCI sound card with co-axial S/PDIF input that 
> > will work in a PIII 733 MHz machine.
> >
> > Background: Unless I get better advice, I am going to get Focusrite's 
> > Trakmaster Pro microphone preamplifier/compressor and their Platinum 
> > Pro ADC add-on. I'll get these from Long & McQuade in Toronto. What 
> > L&McQ can't help me with is a linux-friendly PCI sound card (for my 
> > PIII 733 MHz processor PC) that has a digital in (co-axial S/PDIF). My 
> > PC currently has the SoundBlaster Live 5.1 which does not have digital 
> > in (let alone co-axial S/PDIF).
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Chris 
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