[Fwd: Farewell, Ubuntu]

[Eric Cyr]

Another thought just occured...This one had worked for a while, and has
worked for others.

I can't remember the specific switch any more, but in Volume Control /
Preferences, theres a bunch of switches in there that you can
activate/deactivate.  Some of those had positive effects (theres an
"auxiliary (something) jack" one that comes to mind; IIRC it was to either
enable/disable either an extra analog or digital output).  Not at that
computer right now, but if I get a chance later, I'll stick the card back in
and find that option.




On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Eric Cyr <1ballistic1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just an FYI....I have had an Audigy2ZS for the past few years.
>
> Been reading various forums/lists/sites to see if I could get consistent
> sound out of it. Sometimes shows up under Pulse, sometimes ALSA, sometimes
> the basic one never the same twice in a row and it always changed if i
> actually used a program that used it and closed the program.
>
> So far, no successful fixes(Creative apparently doesn't release much info
> on their Audigy hardware, so I'm not blaming anyone in the community).  I
> eventually gave up and just pulled the Audigy out....It's sitting on the top
> of my tower now, until I come across a magical fix....Onboard sound works
> just fine, so I've been quite happy since I pulled the card out.
>
> Your experience may be different, but you more than likely do have
> something onboard, just in case that's all it is.
>
> Alternatively, if your card was a recent purchase, you might try the ALSA
> site...they have a compatibility listing.  Some of the Creative products
> seem to work just fine.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:36 PM, George Borusiewich <v.g.borus at sympatico.ca
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  Eugene   Just received your e-mail. Will give you some answers now, some
>> later. On boot-up, there are 2 sounds. The first is a "drum roll" when the
>> log-in screen appears. After you log-in, the log-in screen disappears, and
>> you hear 2-3 seconds of the sound of deep jungle drums
>> (I have referred to them as African drums). These are the 2 sounds at
>> log-in that I used to hear with Ubuntu 7.10. Since I sometimes get the "drum
>> roll" sound with 8.04, I assumed that there should also be an "African drum"
>> sound in 8.04 as well. In my just-completed installation of 8.04, there *
>> is*    "system - admin - hardware testing (third line from top) - testing
>> detected sound card". I just looked again and it is there! I tried only ALSA
>> (which is default under 8.04) and PulseAudio because those were the only 2
>> options discussed on a "help" site I visited some months ago. If you now
>> want me to try some of the other options, I will. My Soundblaster Audigy
>> card is PCI. I don't know if there is also an on-board motherboard
>> soundcard, but I will check. Will also check-out your other suggestions.
>> George Borusiewich
>>
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