New subject: [linux-audio-user] Debian 2.6.14 alsa problems

10 Jan 2006

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 From: Nigel Henry &lt;cave.dnb(a)tiscali.fr&gt;
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Debian 2.6.14 alsa problems
To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
Cc: Tim Howard &lt;tdhoward(a)gmail.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;200601061920.13253.cave.dnb(a)tiscali.fr&gt;
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 On Friday 06 January 2006 17:16, Tim Howard wrote:
> > >>>    Any other ideas?
> > >>
> > >> Just to verify:  you loaded a valid soundfont into the wavetable
> > >> synth, and you're sure you're sending the MIDI command sequence
to the
> > >> wavetable synth?
> > >
> > > I have loaded the same soundfont that I use under Windoze, and all the
> > > instruments show up in Rosegarden...  But still no sound.
>
> OK, I did a "cat /proc/asound/card0/wavetableD1" and discovered that
> the soundfont wasn't actually loading!  I hadn't installed the package
> containing sfxload, so my call to it was failing, and I didn't realize
> it...   Bingo, now it works!
>
> > > It's
> > > probably something ridiculously simple, since I'm new to this...
> >
> > S'ok.  You're right that it usually is something simple, but it
> > never seems that way until *after* the problem is solved, when
> > it's easy to call it that!
>
> <g>  Yep, it was ridiculously simple...  Thanks for the help! 
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  Hi Tim. Could you verify something? I only use my
Audigy2 soundcard, and have
 the onboard card disabled with the jumpers on the MOBO. Do you still have
 your onboard card enabled? If so, and you're now able to play midi files, the
 fact that Laura still has her onboard card enabled, has nothing to do with
 her inability to play midi files. 
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  Glad you got yours working. Nigel. 
I checked my BIOS, and I currently have it set to disable audio.  The
only other option is "auto", which I have no idea what it looks at to
automatically do... whatever it does.

I tried setting this option to auto, then booted into Linux. 
Everything still worked fine, but it could be detecting my other sound
card and automatically disabled the onboard sound.

Anything else I should try?