Audigy 2 has no playback sound

[nigel henry]

On Thursday 13 July 2006 00:14, Hadders wrote:
> Hi. Which FC version are you using? From FC2 using the 2.6
> kernel /etc/modules.conf has changed to /etc/modprobe.conf.
>
> Will you post the output of:
> cat /proc/asound/cards
> cat /proc/asound/version
> /sbin/lsmod
>
> The fact that you can access Alsamixer sounds good. I dont know what
> controls you have on your Alsamixer, but on mine for the Audigy2
> sounblaster there is a switch named "Audigy A" which needs to be unmuted.
> "M" toggles the switches. The sliders I need up to get sounds, are, Master,
> PCM, Front, and you may wish to try the first 2 Emu10k1 sliders just along
> from the Audigy A switch. This is for stereo output, which I am using, not
> 5/1.
>
> Which desktop are you using, and which app are you trying to play sounds
> with?
>
> The card is supported according to the Alsa's soundcard matrix, but doesn't
> do 96k 24bit.
>
> Nigel.
>
>
>
>  Hi Nigel,
>    I'm running a clean install of Fedora Core 5, that was done about three
> weeks ago. I'm also up to date with things, via yum.
>
>  I think you're on to something with unmuting Audigy A, which has the item
> name, Audigy Analog/Digital output jack if I look in the top left corner of
> the app. I hear what sounds like a speaker noise when I unmute this, then I
> hear it again when I load system-config-soundcard.
>
>  I notice, when I reload alsamixer, the Audigy A option is muted again....
>
>  I've tried running alsactl store 0 to save my soundcard settings but that
> didn't work?  How do I save my alsa mixer settings?
>
>  Thanks

Hi . Use /usr/sbin/alsactl store . One further thing if your using Kde, is to 
look in Kmix >settings > config Kmix. There is a check box there named "load 
volumes on startup" or something like that. Uncheck the box, as it interferes 
with alsactl. 

Nigel.