[SOLVED] Audigy sound card (c-media sb 8738 5.1 channel)

[ursusca]

Hello everyone,

I have Audigy sound card (c-media sb 8738 5.1 channel (CMI8738/PCI-6ch-LX)) on my gentoo computer.

lspci | grep audio
08:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS

I've got my sound card working through a couple of speakers but still struggling with 5.1 and microphone.

Any info, input would be appreciated.

[mrrangerman]

Have you checked alsamixer to see if they are mutted? From a terminal type alsamixer use the left & right arrow keys to navigate the Up & down arrow keys for raising or lowering the volume the m key to mute or unmute then Esc to exit.

[ursusca]

Have you checked alsamixer to see if they are mutted? From a terminal type alsamixer use the left & right arrow keys to navigate the Up & down arrow keys for raising or lowering the volume the m key to mute or unmute then Esc to exit.

Hello,

Thanks for your attention to my problem. I checked it. The are mutted.

arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 0: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 1: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 2: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 3: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono: Playback 200 [78%] [36.25dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line in',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Front Right: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Front Right: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 200 [78%] [-3.50dB]
Front Right: Capture 200 [78%] [-3.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 235 [92%] [7.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 235 [92%] [7.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 217 [85%] [2.50dB]
Front Right: Playback 217 [85%] [2.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 193 [76%] [-7.00dB]
Front Right: Capture 193 [76%] [-7.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 243 [95%] [9.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 243 [95%] [9.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 233 [91%] [6.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 233 [91%] [6.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux'
Item0: 'Line in'
Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 210 [82%] [0.75dB]
Front Right: Playback 210 [82%] [0.75dB]
Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out'
Item0: 'i2s in'
Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in'
Item0: 'Line in'

[ursusca]

I re-emerged alsa-plugins with oss and pulseaudio flags enablad. Now I can hear myself when I speak in microphone through speakers but I can't recoder sound using sound recoder and audacity programms. Sound capture in skype doesn't work too.

[ursusca]

Now my amixer says


Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono: Playback 184 [72%] [28.25dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line in',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 190 [75%] [-8.50dB]
Front Right: Capture 190 [75%] [-8.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 186 [73%] [-10.50dB]
Front Right: Capture 186 [73%] [-10.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 235 [92%] [7.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 235 [92%] [7.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 227 [89%] [5.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 217 [85%] [2.50dB]
Front Right: Playback 217 [85%] [2.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 255
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 243 [95%] [9.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 243 [95%] [9.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 233 [91%] [6.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 233 [91%] [6.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux'
Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB]
Front Right: Playback 245 [96%] [9.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out'
Item0: 'i2s in'
Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in'
Item0: 'Mic in'


I've chanched in alsamixer:
Analog S to Mic
Digital to i2s in
Shared to Mic in
I won a microphone but I continue strugle with 5.1 I think for this I need pulseaudio server.

[satmuswi]

Have you checked alsamixer to see if they are mutted? From a terminal type alsamixer use the left & right arrow keys to navigate the Up & down arrow keys for raising or lowering the volume the m key to mute or unmute then Esc to exit.

I have the same idea with you. Great! Thanks for sharing.
Glad to hear you're using this: I plan to keep it much more aggressively up-to-date than has been the case in the past, but don't hesitate to let me know if you find errors or need clarifications.

[ursusca]

My sound card works fine with pulseaudio server.