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NullDevice
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 Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject: NForce2 + ALSA + Kernel 2.6.9 |
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Hi 
I have an nforce2 mainboard (abit nf7-s rev 2.0) + Alsa + a 2.6.9er kernel.
I finally managed to have sound at all by shutting down the GUI and running alsaconf in the shell. Im using the Intel driver as a module. Everything is up to date.
But i have a 5.1 sound system, and only 2 of them are working. Worst of all, the subwoofer doesnt work at all. I ve been playing with the alsermixer and alsamixergui for like 1 hour now, but it just not working. The only thing that does a little positive change, is the... "duplicate front speakers" or something like that.
Maybe someone with exactly the same configuration could give me his config file for alsa, for 5.1sound ?
Another problem is, that i have to run alsaconfig everytime i reboot ... It seems it does save any settings, but the module is loaded. |
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skrionius
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:15 am Post subject: Re: NForce2 + ALSA + Kernel 2.6.9 |
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| NullDevice wrote: |
Hi
I have an nforce2 mainboard (abit nf7-s rev 2.0) + Alsa + a 2.6.9er kernel.
I finally managed to have sound at all by shutting down the GUI and running alsaconf in the shell. Im using the Intel driver as a module. Everything is up to date.
But i have a 5.1 sound system, and only 2 of them are working. Worst of all, the subwoofer doesnt work at all. I ve been playing with the alsermixer and alsamixergui for like 1 hour now, but it just not working. The only thing that does a little positive change, is the... "duplicate front speakers" or something like that.
Maybe someone with exactly the same configuration could give me his config file for alsa, for 5.1sound ?
Another problem is, that i have to run alsaconfig everytime i reboot ... It seems it does save any settings, but the module is loaded. |
first question:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/asoundrc.php?module=Generic
If you have 5.1 media, and play it with an alsa capable player specify device as alsa:surround51 . You should google a bit about that, but it definitly works easily.
second question: your system should have an alsa rc script, which runs on startup and shutdown saving your configuration, settings. |
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NullDevice
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't put that into an rc script, cause alsaconf is interactive. I mean it asks me to choose the card. How did u put this into a startup script? |
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NullDevice
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, i found the reason why i had to execute alsaconf everytime i rebooted. There were a lot of unnecessary entries in /etc/modutils/alsa-base. When i deleted most of them it worked.
I also played a lot with the alsermixergui, i have sound on 4 of the speakers now, sometimes 5.
But still my subwoofer isn't working, my system sounds like a walkman 
I dont know what u meant with "alsa:surround51" . This is an option for mplayer afaik. I read the alsa project docu but, where exactly can i put this 5.1 option? Somewhere in the asound.conf file?
Plz tell me... this is my last question then ill stop bothering  |
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pzgren
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| NullDevice wrote: |
But still my subwoofer isn't working, my system sounds like a walkman
I dont know what u meant with "alsa:surround51" . This is an option for mplayer afaik. I read the alsa project docu but, where exactly can i put this 5.1 option? Somewhere in the asound.conf file? |
If you start mplayer (no GUI) from a command line then use these audio options mentioned from skrionius.
But if you use the GUI version gmplayer named, then go to the preferences (right click) ->audio -> alsa --> configure driver --> device and try the available options given there. Maybe a gmplayer restart is needed.
Greetings,
Marcus |
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NullDevice
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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I guess that means, that there is no way to make the device using a 5.1 sound "per default" for all applications ?
What about audio players like XMMS, i cannot us it then, it has absolutely no bass . And i could not find any options for 5.1 sound in xmms for example.
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pzgren
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| NullDevice wrote: |
I guess that means, that there is no way to make the device using a 5.1 sound "per default" for all applications ?
What about audio players like XMMS, i cannot us it then, it has absolutely no bass . And i could not find any options for 5.1 sound in xmms for example. |
In xmms again in the preferences --> Audio I/O plugins --> Alsa 1.x plugin --> configure --- choose under the mixer device the right one. I have here a lot, from surround to IEC958 Coax and many more.
Greetings,
Marcus |
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NullDevice
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Yep, found it...
now i tried almost every option with xmms. It seems it has absolutely no effect for the sound.
I tried changing some stuff in the alsarc and asound.conf files, no success as well |
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oll00001
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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| NullDevice wrote: |
Yep, found it...
now i tried almost every option with xmms. It seems it has absolutely no effect for the sound.
I tried changing some stuff in the alsarc and asound.conf files, no success as well |
Have same mobo nf7-s , my .asoundrc looks so:
pcm.multi {
type multi;
slaves.b.pcm "hw:0,0";
slaves.b.channels 2;
slaves.c.pcm "hw:0,1";
slaves.c.channels 2;
slaves.d.pcm "hw:0,2";
slaves.d.channels 2;
bindings.0.slave b;
bindings.0.channel 0;
bindings.1.slave b;
bindings.1.channel 1;
bindings.2.slave c;
bindings.2.channel 0;
bindings.3.slave c;
bindings.3.channel 1;
bindings.4.slave d;
bindings.4.channel 0;
bindings.5.slave d;
bindings.5.channel 1;
}
pcm.!dmix {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm {
type hw
card 0
device 0
}
channels 6
period_size 1024
buffer_size 5120
}
}
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmix"
slave.channels 6
route_policy duplicate
}
and 5.1 sound works opesuse 10.2 |
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