I’ve been using the same hardware since 10.0 - a soundblaster live! has worked well, but in 11.0 it suddenly picked up a background static that isn’t there in 10.2 or 10.3. I like games and this precludes them :(. Does anyone have a link to this as a known problem or a fix?
Thanks!
PattiMichelle
- PattiMichelle,
an SBLive! 5.1? When exactly do you hear the noise?
Uwe
PattiMichelle,
I have SB Live! 4.1 but had the same problem.
I’m not sure but it looks like I solved it by removing all pulseaudio packages from the system.
Try to do “rpm -qa | grep pulse”
After that remove all packages listed by this command.
Unfortunately I have 1 problem which still exist on my system 
PS: You know, YaST Package Management is really fast in 11.0 - what a blessing for package contributors!!!
It’s been so long since I installed it, I’m pretty sure it’s a Live! 5.1 and that’s what YaST reports it as. The sound is sort of a high-frequency buzzing superimposed on whatever I’m listening to - and it’s always there whether anything is playing back or not.
There’s a whole lot of pulseaudio stuff… is it all unnecessary? Can I safely remove it all? If so, is there command line “rpm” command to remove it (them)?
patti@new-host:~> rpm -qa | grep pulse
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.10-26.1
libpulse0-32bit-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.10-26.1
gstreamer-0_10-pulse-0.9.5-54.1
libpulse-browse0-0.9.10-26.1
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.10-26.1
libpulse0-0.9.10-26.1
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.16-57.1
libpulsecore4-0.9.10-26.1
patti@new-host:~>
On 06/29/2008 PattiMichelle wrote:
> It’s been so long since I installed it, I’m pretty sure it’s a Live!
> 5.1 and that’s what YaST reports it as. The sound is sort of a
> high-frequency buzzing superimposed on whatever I’m listening to -
> and it’s always there whether anything is playing back or not.
And it is not a feedback loop from an active microphone, is it?
> There’s a whole lot of pulseaudio stuff… is it all unnecessary? Can
> I safely remove it all? If so, is there command line “rpm” command to
> remove it (them)?
Try and delete one through Yast, it will tell you which app needs them. I have nothing with “pulse” installed, so it is none of the default media stuff in KDE.
Uwe
Try this, as found here: Emu10k1 - ALSA wiki
Set AC97 PLAYBACK to 0 and AC97 CAPTURE to 100%, this should help, it did here 
I don’t see those settings in YaST/Hardware/Audio - my only listed card is the SBLive…
- PattiMichelle wrote, On 07/06/2008 07:06 PM:
> I don’t see those settings in YaST/Hardware/Audio - my only listed card
> is the SBLive…
I think he is talking about the channels in the mixer applet.
Uwe
Sorry I didn’t post back sooner! This new Forum kept rejecting me - I guess bugs are still being worked out… I had no mic’s plugged in but when I changed the default mic in KMix from 1 to 2, the sound went away. Go figure!