Re: Dell OEM Soundblaster Live 5.1 with different PCI ID

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:38:05 -0800,
Jeff Ridenour wrote:
> 
> Just as an update, when I try to use aplay to play a sound, I get this
> error:
> 
> [root@beall-dell-01 sounds]# aplay phone.wav
> Playing WAVE 'phone.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz,
> Stereo
> aplay: pcm_write:999: write error: Input/output error
> [root@beall-dell-01 sounds]#

this is likely an interrupt problem.
if you set "pnp os" to yes on the bios, try to set it to "no".

but even without interrupts, you should be able to hear CDs.
this is a mixer mis-configuration in most cases.
you'll need to adjust the volume of "Line Playback" and unmute it.
in addition, the volume of "AC97 Playback" must be adjusted and
unmuted.
of course, "PCM" and "Master" must be adjusted and unmuted, too.
to hear WAV, "Wave" must be adjusted and unmuted, too.


Takashi


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