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    Can anybody help me with a Linux problem?

    I have just installed Linux for the first time ever. I have installed Mandrake 9.1. My problem is that i can not get any sound. I get only static in my speakers. My setup is this: ASUS A7VX333 motherboard with onboard sound, which I have disabled in my BIOS as I have a Creative SB Live! soundcard, which runs perfectly under Windows XP.

    In Linux, I am using the default driver for my soundcard, but as I said. No sound. When Linux tries to play sound, I have a hissing noise in my speakers, otherwise static. My speakers are normal 5.1 channel speakers, but I have found nowhere in Mandrake 9.1 that lets my tell Linux that my speakers are 5.1. Can anybody help me?

    Asmodean
    Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark
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    The SBLive drivers included in the kernel the last time I compiled didn't work for me. I had to download another version of that driver and use that. If you are feeling adventurous then go to http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/ and download and compile some of the other drivers and try them out.
    http://www.hardware-wiki.com - A wiki about computers, with focus on Linux support.

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    • #3
      I'm using the ALSA emu10k1 driver for Creative Labs SB Live! 5.1 Model SB0100 *. Works great, especially in the 2.5.69 kernel which has fixed a recent problem with MIDI synthesis I had. IIRC Asher has been in a pretty similar situation to yours, so he might also be able to help.. since I can't remember for my life how he fixed his system.

      * name fetched from lspci
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      • #4
        I had a problem with the SB Audigy, and I just went to Creative's site and installed their open-source drivers like they instructed. Then it worked, mostly.

        ARTS still has problems with it.
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #5
          the speakers shouldn't be that much of an issue. mandrake's based on the redhat core, which means that you have your basic arTs setup for your sound card.

          ALSA might solve your woes, as might http://opensource.creative.com/ ...
          since i use a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz which uses a Cirrus Logic chip, i don't know the particulars of how to remedy this. sorry ^^;
          B♭3

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          • #6
            kill linux, get window you shouldQ@
            Stop Quoting Ben

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            • #7
              linux: just say no?

              friends don't let friends run linux?

              linux is great man... take the best orgasm you've ever had, multiply it a thousand times, and you don't get anywhere near the feeling of satisfaction you get after compiling your own distribution...

              how else can we make it sound like a drug?
              B♭3

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              • #8
                linux no gerat, linux confuse poor bosho
                should use windows me, that better it crash every day, but not confusing it isd!
                Stop Quoting Ben

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                • #9
                  Boshko, it was funny at first, it's quickly becoming tiresome. Take a nap or be forced to.
                  It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                  RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                  • #10
                    Linux sucks.

                    Stick with Windows.
                    We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                    • #11
                      hmmm, I wonder if I'm banned.
                      Stop Quoting Ben

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                      • #12
                        ahh good, thank you oh merciful moderators for having mercy on a poor drunk squirrel.
                        Stop Quoting Ben

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Ted Striker
                          Linux sucks.

                          Stick with Windows.
                          You're not a network admin, what would you know about these issues?
                          (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                          (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                          (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                          • #14
                            To be a network admin here, all you need is an associate's degree/diploma.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #15
                              Okay...thanks guys. I'll look into it in the weekend. My work schedule is pretty heavy tomorrow. I'll be back and ask for more help, I'm sure

                              Asmodean
                              Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

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