How to install SoundBlaster Audigy

[nbaptista]

I have a onboard soundcard,but I bougth an Audigy and installed it but I don´t have anymore sound on my PC.What can I do in order to Linux recognize the new sound card?

[oz]

You probably need to disable the onboard sound in your BIOS settings.

[nbaptista]

I think my BIOS don´t have that option.So what should I do in order to uninstall the Realtek drivers on Linux?

[Jonathan183]

Try using YAST to setup the sound system.

[gogalthorp]

Ther is no reason that you can not have more then one sound device, though it is unusual.

Configure it in yast and select the card you want as the default. YOu can test it by pressing other button and advanvced

With SoundBlaster you will probably need to make the user a member of the audio group.

This looks like a great page to trouble shoot.

AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE

[nbaptista]

When I do this,everything is ok:
"# YAST > HARDWARE > SOUND and select your audio card and delete it (which deletes the configuration, not the card). Then add the card, and configure the card. Test your sound. "
But after restart the PC I don´t have anymore sound,so what should I do?I did this,but no success
" STEP-6: How To Fix a Permissions Problem

In some cases user root will have sound, but a regular user will not have sound. Typically this is due to a permissions problem being experienced by the regular user. One way that sometimes works to address this, is to add the regular user to group "audio". This can be done by:

YAST >> Security and Users >> User Management >> "select your user" >> Edit >> Details >> Groups >> check "audio" and then click on "ACCEPT".

Note you must log out and log back in as a regular user (ie typically restart X window (ie restart KDE or Gnome or Xfce ... )) in order for this permission change to have an effect."

[gogalthorp]

Did you run alsaconfig ??

[oldcpu]

When I do this,everything is ok:
"# YAST > HARDWARE > SOUND and select your audio card and delete it (which deletes the configuration, not the card). Then add the card, and configure the card. Test your sound. "

But after restart the PC I don´t have anymore sound,so what should I do?

To help us debug this, after reboot, try manually restarting alsa, to see if that helps. So set up your sound under YAST > HARDWARE > SOUND, and confirm it works:
speaker-test -c2 -Ddefault -twav

Then reboot. Run the test to see if it works after reboot.
speaker-test -c2 -Ddefault -twav
Don't forget to check your mixer, as it may be muted or volume very low after a reboot. Ensure both Master Volume and PCM are up at 75% or so.

If it does not work after that, then in a konsole with root permissions type:
rcalsasound restart

Then test your sound again.
speaker-test -c2 -Ddefault -twav
Please advise if that restart of alsa immediately after a boot has any affect. Again, don't forget to check your mixer.

Don't forget, LINUX is case sensitive. So "Ddefault" is NOT the same as "ddefault" nor the same as "DDEFAULT" nor the same as "DDefault". You need to be very precise in the character case.

[nbaptista]

alsaconfig is detecting an Audigy LS and mine is a SE!Maybe this is the problem,no?I have to erase and then edit it and finally works,but after reboot all goes the same again!

[oldcpu]

alsaconfig is detecting an Audigy LS and mine is a SE!Maybe this is the problem,no?I have to erase and then edit it and finally works,but after reboot all goes the same again!

Please try the test I recommended in post#8 above. Thank you.