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From: Jules Colding <colding@omesc.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] problems on AMD64
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:03:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1122113038.8252.11.camel@omc-2.omesc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050722182819.60327f87@chi.speakeasy.net>

On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 18:28 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:12:02 +0200
> Jules Colding <colding@omesc.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> > I have the above mentioned sound card installed in my dual 252 Opteron.
> > I have enabled ALSA and OSS emulation in the kernel and everything is
> > compiled in, no alsa modules. The card is correctly detected on boot-up
> > and apparently activated. 
> > i
> 
> OSS should not be selected in the kernel.  Only alsa.  For Oss, you need 
> to emerge -  media-libs/alsa-oss

I did not select OSS, only the ALSA emulation option. I am now trying
media-sound/alsa-driver 1.0.9b with the same results. 


> > Everything seems to be configured correctly according to the alsa guide.
> > The problem is that I am only hearing cyclically repeating clicks, with
> > weak static noise in-between, when I am trying to play music. I have a
> > set of analog 2.1 speakers connected to the analog output jack on the
> > card.
> > 
> 
> Repeating clicks is usually an indication of empty audio buffers.  It means
> your system can't keep the sound card supplied with data.  You might be
> able to get some help by making your kernel preemptible -

If the kernel isn't able to keep the audio buffers full, isn't that
something that would only happen with a slow system? I have a dual
Opteron 252 so I didn't thought that preemptible was needed for my
system. Anyway, I'll try it.

>   Symbol: PREEMPT [=y]                                                                                     x  
>     Prompt: Preemptible Kernel                                                                               x  
>     Defined at arch/x86_64/Kconfig:210                                                                     x  
>     Location:                                                                                              x  
>       -> Processor type and features     
> 
> The weak static noise is digital garbage being picked up by the SB.  If it's
> not already, move it to the last PCI slot on the bus - as far away from the
> other cards and cpu as possible.

It is in the last slot I'm afraid...

> > Any ideas why this doesn't work?
> > 
> 
> SB Audigy cards aren't the best sounding cards out there.  They are OK, but
> if you mainly want music, look elsewhere.  If you're mainly interested in games
> they work fine.


Thanks,
  jules


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  reply	other threads:[~2005-07-23 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-22 16:12 [gentoo-user] Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] problems on AMD64 Jules Colding
2005-07-23  1:28 ` Bob Sanders
2005-07-23 10:03   ` Jules Colding [this message]
2005-07-23 10:11   ` Jules Colding
2005-07-23 12:00   ` Jules Colding
2005-07-23 16:13     ` Bob Sanders
2005-07-23 18:51       ` Jules Colding
2005-07-23 19:08         ` Bob Sanders
2005-07-24 10:58           ` Jules Colding
2005-07-30 20:39           ` [gentoo-user] " Daniel Vrcic
2005-07-31  3:52             ` Bob Sanders
2005-07-23 13:44 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [FIXED] " Jules Colding

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