Mic either muted or on all the time.

[callihn]

Running Redhat 9 and using kmix and aumix I have an intel 810 soundcard using the following modules.

i810_audio 27624 1
ac97_codec 14568 0 [i810_audio]
soundcore 6404 2 [i810_audio]

I have tried both voice activated and setting up a key which I prefer, in either case and trying everything I can in kmix and aumix I can simply not get TS to work, the mic is either on all the time or off all the time.

It get's better though:

I can not hear any of the sounds played for example when I connect to a server, other than TS the sound card works fine.

Now that's if i set it to use Default Network which allows me to use it and the game, if I set it to use /dev/dsp the mic and headphones are muted and can not be unmuted.

lsof | grep dsp returns nothing when TS is not running.

I am not using artsd and am running Blackbox.

I have spent the last 24hrs strait trying to find a solution on these forums and searching Google with no succes.

[callihn]

OK, I am now running Alsa. I still have the same issue with the mic being open all the time and if I set it to use /dev/dsp I do get the sounds when connecting now, however if I set it to use /dev/dsp no other program like my game can use the sound then. Regardless the mic is still open all the time if it is not muted.

I have also tried to direct the game to use pcm0p but this simply does not work and the game still has no sound with TS running.

[obake]

It looks like a sound server problem..

Sure you aren't running aRts, or esd, or jack, or something like that?

[callihn]

Originally posted by obake
It looks like a sound server problem..

Sure you aren't running aRts, or esd, or jack, or something like that?

NO, I am not sure I just said I was sure so that I could confuse the issue. 8(

YES, I am certain:

lsof | grep dsp

[callihn]

I can get TS to work now and the mic works too, although there is some humming, probably due to a cheap mic.

I loaded a second sound card a Sound Blaster 16 that uses the Esoniq 1371 chip.

I am still working on getting TS and AA to share sound.

Here is modules.conf:

# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
# module options should go here

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

As copied from www.alsa-project.org

[callihn]

Hmmm, seems a bit impossible, I even tried using esddsp -m on each program, when I go to start the second I get a no child processes error though.

I have also tried:

echo "name-of-second-program.bin 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/oss
echo "name-of-second-program.bin 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss


And some variations thereof I found that stuff here:

»www.teamspeak.org/forums/showthread.ph..

And is mentioned here:

»www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection..

Also with no success.


ls -la /dev |grep dsp

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 1 06:15 adsp -> adsp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 12 Feb 1 06:01 adsp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 28 Feb 1 06:01 adsp1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 44 Feb 1 06:01 adsp2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 60 Feb 1 06:01 adsp3
crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Feb 4 10:12 dsp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 31 07:32 dsp0 -> dsp
crw------- 1 root root 14, 19 Jan 31 07:32 dsp1
crw------- 1 root root 55, 0 Jan 30 2003 dsp56k
crw------- 1 root root 101, 1 Jan 30 2003 mdsp1
crw------- 1 root root 101, 10 Jan 30 2003 mdsp10
crw------- 1 root root 101, 11 Jan 30 2003 mdsp11
crw------- 1 root root 101, 12 Jan 30 2003 mdsp12
crw------- 1 root root 101, 13 Jan 30 2003 mdsp13
crw------- 1 root root 101, 14 Jan 30 2003 mdsp14
crw------- 1 root root 101, 15 Jan 30 2003 mdsp15
crw------- 1 root root 101, 16 Jan 30 2003 mdsp16
crw------- 1 root root 101, 2 Jan 30 2003 mdsp2
crw------- 1 root root 101, 3 Jan 30 2003 mdsp3
crw------- 1 root root 101, 4 Jan 30 2003 mdsp4
crw------- 1 root root 101, 5 Jan 30 2003 mdsp5
crw------- 1 root root 101, 6 Jan 30 2003 mdsp6
crw------- 1 root root 101, 7 Jan 30 2003 mdsp7
crw------- 1 root root 101, 8 Jan 30 2003 mdsp8
crw------- 1 root root 101, 9 Jan 30 2003 mdsp9
crw------- 1 root root 101, 0 Jan 30 2003 mdspstat

ls /proc/asound/card0/
ac97#0 ac97#0regs audiopci id midi0 oss_mixer pcm0c pcm0p pcm1p

cat < /etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 e100
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
alias char-major-195 nvidia
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
# module options should go here

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss


I just don't get it. What am I missing?

[callihn]

I was able to solve my issue.

I used this cable:

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=42-2497

1' Shielded Stereo Audio Cable

• Chrome-plated plug housing
• 1/8" stereo phone plug to 1/8" stereo phone plug
• 1-foot cable
• For connecting a speaker system, mini stereo or other audio component to your computer's sound card

$3.99

With that cable I was able to connect the speaker out jack from the Intel 810 card /dev/dsp to the line in jack on the SoundBlaster 16 card /dev/dsp1 so AA uses /dev/dsp by default and TS uses /dev/dsp1 and I hear them both through my headset which along with the mic is connected to the SoundBlaster at /dev/dsp1.