[linux-audio-user] New sound card problems

[Clemens Ladisch]

Folderol wrote:
> I just recently got an M-Audio 2496 card but am having problems with
> it:)
> 
> Under Mandrake 10.1 the card seems to have been recognised OK and the
> driver ICE1712 [Envy24] has been installed

Does it appear in /proc/asound/cards?

> however no applications seem to be able to find the card.

Is it listed in the output of "aplay -l"?

> I have also just got a copy of Suse 10 so tried that as well on a
> spare hard drive. This time the card is fully recognised, and sound is
> produced but is over-loud and distorted when running Amorok. Changing
> volume levels doesn't seem to help, and the graphic display on Amorok
> clearly shows clipping going on.

When Amarok decides to send clipped data to the sound card, the driver
cannot help.


Regards,
Clemens