tsalsa version 2008-07-15 Fri Jul 25 09:29:45 PET 2008 Problem: i want to play surround sound in Kubuntu-kde4 (i even cannot do that in ubuntu without Pulseaudio) with my Creative Sound Blaster AUDIGY SE sound card. I do not know how to deal with sound management tools like Phonon, Pulseaudio(if any), Xine, Alsa. I tried some .asoundrc scripts from the web to get surround40 but without any luck. I can see 3 devices in the Phonon Sound Administration: Audigy SE [SB0570] (CA0106); CA0106, CA0106 (side speakers); and the last (by clicking in 'show advanced devices') is PulseAudio. My soundcard crackles when sounds start and end. I tried with the 'Pulse Audio Perfect Setup' tutorial but i have failed. I do not know what else to do. I think to install a good linux distribution which can manage very good my soundcard, i am looking for that distro. Desktop: dell Plugs: 4 Surround sound system: y Model options: n Number of speakers: 4 Linux install is an upgrade from a previous version: no PC age (approximate): 1 year Groups: user is in these groups: audio Hardware Mixing: enabled if count is greater than 1: subdevices_count: 1 Distro: Ubuntu 8.04.1 DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.1" sed -n 1{p;q} Release: lsb-release 2.6.24-19-generic System: Linux MaKrazyPC 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Vendor/dev id: 1102 0007 Vendor/dev module: alias pci:v00001102d00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i* snd_ca0106 Vendor/device: 1102:0007 Subsystem: Creative Labs Unknown device 100a Lspci info: 02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS Alsa driver: 1.0.16 dpkg path: /usr/bin/dpkg Alsa utils: 1.0.15 Alsa modules: snd_ca0106 Snd/soundcore: snd 56996 15 snd_ca0106 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device soundcore 8800 1 snd Alsa cards: 0 [CA0106 ]: CA0106 - CA0106 Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xec60 irq 17 Codec: Lsof output: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME kmix 5647 mauricio 16u CHR 116,0 11566 /dev/snd/controlC0 amarok 5809 mauricio mem CHR 116,16 11538 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p amarok 5809 mauricio 36r CHR 116,33 11392 /dev/snd/timer amarok 5809 mauricio 54u CHR 116,16 11538 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p cardcnt: 0 Amixer item options for card 0 [CA0106] _________________________________ 'Analog Source Capture Enum' ; Item #0 'Phone' ; Item #1 'Mic' ; Item #2 'Line in' ; Item #3 'Aux'-- 'Digital Source Capture Enum' ; Item #0 'IEC958 out' ; Item #1 'i2s mixer out' ; Item #2 'IEC958 in' ; Item #3 'i2s in' ; Item #4 'AC97 in' ; Item #5 'SRC out' : values=3 'Shared Mic/Line in Capture Switch' ; Item #0 'Line in' ; Item #1 'Mic in' Amixer contents for card 0 [CA0106] _____________________________________ amixer set 'Line in',0 Capture 0 0% Capture 0 0% amixer set 'Mic',0 Capture 0 0% Capture 0 0% amixer set 'Phone',0 Capture 0 0% Capture 0 0% amixer set 'IEC958',0 off amixer set 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0 0% 0% amixer set 'IEC958 Front',0 0% 0% amixer set 'IEC958 Rear',0 0% 0% amixer set 'IEC958 Unknown',0 0% 0% amixer set 'Aux',0 Capture 0 0% Capture 0 0% amixer set 'Analog Center/LFE',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'Analog Front',0 20%,20% on amixer set 'Analog Rear',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'Analog Side',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'Analog Source',0 Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux' Item0: 'Line in' amixer set 'CAPTURE feedback',0 0% 0% amixer set 'Digital Source',0 Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out' Item0: 'i2s in' amixer set 'Shared Mic/Line in',0 Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in' Item0: 'Line in' raw amixer output: Simple mixer control 'Line in',0 Capabilities: cvolume Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 255 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 255 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: cvolume Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 255 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: cvolume Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 255 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 51 [20%] [-39.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 51 [20%] [-39.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux' Item0: 'Line in' Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out' Item0: 'i2s in' Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in' Item0: 'Line in' Module Parameters: snd_ac97_codec/parameters/enable_loopback:N snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save:N snd_ca0106/parameters/enable:Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y snd_ca0106/parameters/id:,,,,,,, snd_ca0106/parameters/index:-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 snd_ca0106/parameters/subsystem:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 snd_pcm_oss/parameters/adsp_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 snd_pcm_oss/parameters/dsp_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 snd_pcm_oss/parameters/nonblock_open:Y snd_pcm/parameters/maximum_substreams:4 snd_pcm/parameters/preallocate_dma:1 snd_rawmidi/parameters/amidi_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 snd_rawmidi/parameters/midi_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 snd_seq_dummy/parameters/duplex:N snd_seq_dummy/parameters/ports:1 snd_seq_midi/parameters/input_buffer_size:4096 snd_seq_midi/parameters/output_buffer_size:4096 snd_seq_oss/parameters/maxqlen:1024 snd_seq_oss/parameters/seq_oss_debug:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_client_load:14,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_card:-1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_class:1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_device:1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_resolution:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_sclass:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_subdevice:0 snd_timer/parameters/timer_limit:2 snd_timer/parameters/timer_tstamp_monotonic:1 Hardware Info: bios_date:04/28/2003 bios_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation bios_version:A06 board_name:02X378 board_vendor:Dell Computer Corp. board_version: chassis_type:6 chassis_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation modalias:dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA06:bd04/28/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX260:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn02X378:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr: product_name:OptiPlex GX260 sys_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation uevent:MODALIAS=dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA06:bd04/28/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX260:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn02X378:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr: Seq clients: Client info cur clients : 4 peak clients : 4 max clients : 192 Client 0 : "System" [Kernel] Port 0 : "Timer" (Rwe-) Port 1 : "Announce" (R-e-) Connecting To: 15:0 Client 14 : "Midi Through" [Kernel] Port 0 : "Midi Through Port-0" (RWe-) Client 15 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel] Port 0 : "Receiver" (-we-) Connected From: 0:1 Client 16 : "CA0106" [Kernel] Port 0 : "CA0106 MPU-401 (UART)" (RWeX) Devices: 0: [ 0] : control 1: : sequencer 8: [ 0- 0]: raw midi 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback 17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback 18: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback 19: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture 25: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture 26: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture 27: [ 0- 3]: digital audio capture 33: : timer Lspci -vn: 00:00.0 0600: 8086:2560 (rev 01) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: 00:01.0 0604: 8086:2561 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fdffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-efffffff 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at ff80 [size=32] 00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 I/O ports at ff60 [size=32] 00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at ff40 [size=32] 00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 Memory at fe300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: 00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: fe100000-fe2fffff 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24c0 (rev 01) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24cb (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1] I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] I/O ports at 0374 [size=1] I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] 00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 01) Subsystem: 1028:0126 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 4 I/O ports at dc80 [size=32] 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0222 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: 1682:213b Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16 Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fd000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: 02:08.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 30) Subsystem: 10b7:1000 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20 I/O ports at ec80 [size=128] Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] Expansion ROM at fe100000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: 02:0a.0 0401: 1102:0007 Subsystem: 1102:100a Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 I/O ports at ec60 [size=32] Capabilities: Codec info: md5sum tsalsa: 1a5cbfb19bdb2ac979e7cfd87f614fbe tsalsa 1216991111 1216993846 1216993865 1216996186 1216996186 1216996185 curl: wget: /usr/bin/wget dialog: tsalsa version 2008-07-15 end: Fri Jul 25 09:29:46 PET 2008 851 md5sum tsalsa.txt: 8f9f5d05c5aaa49bc41670d49ae9a026 /tmp/tsalsa.txt