[Solution] Creative Audigy 1/2 + 11.0 + KDE/GNOME + ALSA

[Chrysantine]

I've gotten a lot of questions at #suse as of late due to "No sound with Audigy" cards and openSUSE 11.0 and the culprit partially for these issues has been the new PulseAudio / ALSA system that defaults to outputting to Optical / SPDIF Passthrough instead of Analog which a lot of folks use.

To fix THIS issue with GNOME + Audigy 1/2 + PulseAudio, please take the guided tour:

First click on Computer and More Application, then type Volume into the Filter and choose Volume Control under System, presented on the bottom right in this picture:


If you have more than one device (like I do) choose Audigy from the File / Change Device:


Finally, if you are not using SPDIF / Optical Passthrough, uncheck this:

[Chrysantine]

KDE3

First right click on the Mixer button on the bottom right corner of the KDE3 taskbar, if you do not have a mixer button there, you can press ALT+F2 and run kmix.


If you have more than one audio device in your computer, choose Audigy from the dropdown menu:


Finally navigate to Switches and click on Audigy Analog / Digital Out

[Chrysantine]

KDE4

Left click on the Mixer icon on your taskbar, like this and if you have more than one audio device, choose Audigy:


Digital Output button is not normally shown, so navigate to Settings / Configure Channels.


Scroll down until you find Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack:


The button will now appear in the mixer and you can use it to toggle / enable the SPDIF / Digital/Analog output:


Have a lot of fun.

[Chrysantine]

< Shameless self bump in case people don't know how to use search >

Yes I'll have to upgrade this and perhaps add SE+A4/XFi guide+issues to it someday.

[pindordan]

Hi , i have the same problem with creative audigy soundcard .
I use kde, but in Kmix , output i don't have that field to chose the sound card and nowere is displayed the audigy card. Seem like it's not even recognised by the system.
What can i do in this case?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by pindordan

Hi , i have the same problem with creative audigy soundcard . I use kde, but in Kmix , output i don't have that field to chose the sound card and nowere is displayed the audigy card. Seem like it's not even recognised by the system.
What can i do in this case?

Please, only one thread on a problem. Please, users, reply to user pindordan's post on the linked post below:
Problem installing creative audigy soundcard - openSUSE Forums

[pindordan]

I finally solved sound problem :
even that still adudigy was no where listed in the mixers
analog / digital outputs , i just had to apply (by trying dif. vol. panels) volume to 'Analog front' vol panel and sound was on. The problem was simple as that...

[Atomos]

Alrighty, I've got a problem too.

I've got a SB Audigy SE with Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound speakers. I only get sound out of the front left speaker and the subwoofer. I did the troubleshooting thing and got the latest ALSA stuff and nothing's changed. I went through this thread but it doesn't seem to help. In my KMix mixer I don't have the option to select my card and I don't have a configure channels option in my menu.

I'm using KDE 3.5.9 (or is that 3.9.5).

I have noticed something odd though. When I go to the sound setup in YaST it says I have a SB Audigy LS but I have an SB Audigy SE.

The SE isn't in the list of cards to add. Could this be the problem?

[Atomos]

These may be helpful:

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=09...b47dbdf0c06bbf

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=90...f69d0aef67029f

tsalsa.txt - nopaste.com (beta)

Could I be missing a codec?

[Atomos]

Actually, I should add one more thing.

I just installed my openSUSE 11.0 yesterday and I keep getting this little red triangle saying I have automitc updates. So I click on it and it says:

New software for your system is available

38 security updates are available

[x] install 42 recommended updates additionally
[ ] Don't install updates that require a restart

[Details] [ Install] [x Close]

I check the first box and hit install. It asks for the root pass and I give it and then two seconds later it says I need updates again; and gives me the exact same window. Over and over and over.

Should I worry about this before messing more with the audio?