Well, seems I am down to the last problem of my 11.1 install, getting sound working.
I’ve been trying to get my Sound Blaster Audigy SE working, but every time I log in, it keeps telling me it can’t be used. I have re-enabled my on board ‘realtek hd audio’ and this gets the same thing. I have run the alsaconfig program, it doesn’t recognise the SB, and while it looks like it’s getting the right driver for my on-board, it still says it can’t be used at login.
Once again I am totally lost.
Alex
Reference you audigy, take a look here:
[Solution] Creative Audigy 1/2 + 11.0 + KDE/GNOME + ALSA - openSUSE Forums](http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/386773-solution-creative-audigy-1-2-11-0-kde-gnome-alsa.html)
Reference you sound in general, take a look at the troubleshooting guide:
SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE
Note also, there was a kernel update earlier this week, that has broken the sound on a lot of users’s PCs. The openSUSE packager for alsa has not yet released a new version of alsa compatible with the new kernel, so it may not e until next week that we see an update. Today is a holiday in Germany and many people took the entire week as vacation.
Thanks for the feedback,
Will do what I can from the links you gave me, failing that I will be patient until next week or so for updates and see if that helps.
Alex
OK, the alsa updates for the 2.6.27.23 kernel are now available. There is guidance here: Alsa-update - openSUSE Note one must send SIX zypper commands. One should optimize the 2nd command (zypper install alsa-oss alsa-firmware … etc … ) to match the alsa rpms that one has installed.
thank god it’s avaliable
There is guidance here: Alsa-update - openSUSE Note one must send SIX zypper commands. One should optimize the 2nd command (zypper install alsa-oss alsa-firmware … etc … ) to match the alsa rpms that one has installed.
Overall download size: 9.2 M. After the operation, additional 62.3 M will be used.
Continue? [YES/no]: Y
Retrieving package alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090613_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.x86_64 (1/1), 9.2 M (62.3 M unpacked)
Retrieving: alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090613_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm [done (662.6 K/s)]
Installing: alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090613_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1 [done]
Additional rpm output:
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-alsa.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-alsa.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/staging/go7007/go7007.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
25130 blocks
any problems in that output?
i was going to start a new thread when i found this, thx oldcpu
I’ve never seen that before. What was its effect? Did you send all six zypper commands ?
oh man oh man, after running rcalsasound restart my sound stared working. Woot! a million thanks
Super! Congratulations!
Saved once again by the SuSE-GmbH alsa packager . I think our forum must owe that packager many dozens of drinks.
I may update my Dell Studio 15 laptop tomorrow to the 2.6.27.23 kernel, knowing the rpms are available.
sorry, i must have cropped some of the shell output
linux-eime:/home/censored/Desktop # zypper install alsa-driver-kmp-default
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…The following NEW package is going to be installed:
alsa-driver-kmp-defaultOverall download size: 9.2 M. After the operation, additional 62.3 M will be used.
Continue? [YES/no]: Y
Retrieving package alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090613_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.x86_64 (1/1), 9.2 M (62.3 M unpacked)
Retrieving: alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090613_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm [done (662.6 K/s)]
Installing: alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090613_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.1 [done]
Additional rpm output:
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-alsa.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-alsa.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/staging/go7007/go7007.ko needs unknown symbol snd_card_new
25130 blockslinux-eime:/home/censored/Desktop #
linux-eime:/home/censored/Desktop # zypper rr multimedia
Removing repository ‘multimedia’ [done]
Repository ‘multimedia’ has been removed.
linux-eime:/home/censored/Desktop # rcalsasound restart
Shutting down sound driver done
Starting sound driver: hda-intel done
yes, i’ve run all six commands those are the last few, i’ve made a mistake when doing the 5th command, used the pae one and aborted… do you think it will cause any trouble in the future?
I don’t know. I confess I have never used yast/zypper to update my alsa rpms, even though that is the way the majority of openSUSE users do this, and that is a perfectly acceptable way, and its also the way I tell users to do the update. 
Instead I either
But if you re-installed the alsa with the proper zypper command, that should IMHO fix things.
lol, i do own those guys and you a few drinks.
I don’t know. I confess I have never used yast/zypper to update my alsa rpms, even though that is the way the majority of openSUSE users do this, and that is a perfectly acceptable way, and its also the way I tell users to do the update.
lmao, its exactly what i do when helping other on windows, i tell them to go the easy way while i personally configure all manually. i believe i’ll be doing the same when i get more used to linux and SUSE.
i believe a sticky topic on the forum would come in handy right now { NEW ALSA-UPDATE } xD