alsaconf doesn't detect my SB live! sound card

[mejulz]

ALSA has had A LOT of forums here that all seem unresolved...
For:

Debian,
kernel version 2.6.8
apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils DONE
kernel headers downloaded (I assume properly installed by apt-get in my case),

why would alsaconf not load any sound modules, and hence not install my Sound Blaster live! 24bit?
I think it has to do with not having the modules or drivers, although this should be installed with apt-get ( i am a bit of a newb )

alsaconf displays, "No supported PnP or PCI card found" - lspci lists my card, so...
any answers?

[spencerf]

can you post:

lscpi | grep audio

[mejulz]

0000:01:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
(actually SB live, but they share the same chipset/driver - ca0106 is the "driver"? to be exact)

thanks 4 quick response

[spencerf]

try {as root)

modprobe snd-emu10k1

then as regular user use alsamixer to unmute your card then

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
ctrl + c [to exit because you should get a really irrating sound]

[mejulz]

we definitely getting somewhere:

this time (after modprobe snd-emu10k1) executing alsaconf did load modules.

terminal output:
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-page-alloc snd-util-mem snd-hwdep.
Building card database...
Probing legacy cards.. This may take a few minutes..
Probing: opl3sa2 cs4236 cs4232 cs4231 es18xx es1688 sb16 sb8

however alsaconf still didn't find my card

[mejulz]

interesting:

# modprobe snd-ca0106
which is what i gathered my sound card driver is,
gave this output:

FATAL: Module snd_ca0106 not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_ca0106

[mejulz]

and no, alsamixer gave error msg:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

[mejulz]

this is quite an obvious question, but how so i find the ca0106 module and modprobe it? which is the origonal ca-0106 file, that sets the respective ca0106 files/drivers/mods into action?

this would clear up my issue

[spencerf]

how do you know that snd_ca0106 is the driver you need? Just asking because the driver I suggested is the one that is provided by the kernel and should work with your card --as it is displayed by lspci.

I didn't see that driver in the kernel so if you are sure that it is the one you need you probably need to get it somewhere off the net and then install it following the instructions that will come with the package.

I don't know why the driver i suggested didn't work it seems weird. But if you could modprobe the driver I suggested again and then post any info from dmesg | tail that would be nice to see if the driver itself is recognizing your card.

[InvisibleSniper]

Have you tried:
uname -r
Note That This Will Give You The Kernel Release Version, As You Will Need It Later(so put it writing).

sudo apt-get install alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-i686
Then:
sudo apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils
And Last Of All:
sudo alsa-conf

I noticed on your first post that you said that you thought installing the "alsa-base" and "alsa-utils" would update your modules... but that is not so, according to the "Linux Bible".
Try the installation commands above but replace 2.4.25-1-i686 with your kernel version that you accquired from the "uname -r" command. Then once you run "alsaconf" turn up the; Master, PCM, Line and Aux volume levels.