multi soundcards

[Kim Hawtin]

Hi Norm,

Norm wrote:
> Xubuntu 7.10 on an Intel SE440BX-2 mobo, PIII 500 CPU, 384M of ram.
> 
> I want to run 2 sound cards to run 2 ham radio applications, Xastir and 
> FBB. Sound cards are ESS Solo-1 and Creative Model CT4810 (CT5880 chipset).

See what this comes back with;
  asoundconf list

eg;

root at pegasus:~# asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
V8237
Intel

> Ubuntu seems happy to find the SOLO-1, but no immediate sign of the 
> Creative.  I'm off to find a Howto right now, but some guidence would be 
> appreciated

Perhaps you could have a look at the output of 'lspci'.
You should have a at least two entries for you sound cards, ie, one each.

eg;

adhoc at galactica:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400] Chipset Host
Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:06.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:07.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
...


anyhow you should have an entry for each sound card. perhaps your sound cards
are sharing an interrupt and they don't like that ... with a bit more info you
should be able to track down if you can't see the second card and why, then
fix it ;)

cheers,

Kim
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