I managed to run skype via artsdsp -m /usr/bin/skype and allow it to use the same audio card as amarok simultaniously. But that's my CMedia card; I would like to use the Intel one, so my problem remains (see underneath). Thanks, Jürgen. 2006/1/24, Jurgen Depicker <jurgen.lists@xxxxxxxxx>: > (FC4) > > 1) I believe there is a problem with my ALSA config: my native > soundcard cracks terribly. When I check alsamixer, or the gnome or > KDE mixer, I cannot set a master volume nor PCM volume. It seems like > the chipset is wrongly defined as a CMI9880. > What should I do to correct this? > > 2) So I installed a second card from CMedia (CMI8738). This one works > perfectly well. > But Skype wants to access my Intel card and refuses to work on the > CMedia one - I don't know why. And the sound cracks terribly. > Actually I would like to use just one card - the built-in Intel one. > Therefore I seem to need to run skype like this: > aoss skype > But aoss is not provided with FC4. Where can I find it? > > Underneath some info about my soundcards. > > I hope someone can help me out! I checked the LSA site as well as the > gentoo wiki, but couldn't find a solution. > > Thanks, > > Jurgen. > > > [root@zeeman ~]# lspci -v | grep -i audio > 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 > Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) > Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 > Family) High Definition Audio Controller > 03:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) > Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device > > [jurgen@zeeman ~]$ cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.10rc1 emulation code) > Kernel: Linux zeeman.homelinux.net 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4smp #1 SMP Thu Jan > 5 22:24:06 EST 2006 i686 > Config options: 0 > > Installed drivers: > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > Card config: > C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6 (model 55) at 0xd000, irq 217 > HDA Intel at 0xd8100000 irq 169 > > Audio devices: > 0: C-Media PCI DAC/ADC (DUPLEX) > 1: CMI9880 (DUPLEX) > > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > Timers: > 7: system timer > > Mixers: > 0: CMedia PCI > 1: C-Media CMI9880 >
