On 04/28/2007 07:06 AM, Cody Jung wrote:
As it suggests in the subject, I'm both a Linux-newbie and an ALSA-newbie. I have an old clunker of a machine running Ubuntu Feisty that I built out of parts left on curbs during spring cleanup, and that's how I came across my sound card. It's an Ensoniq SoundscapeVivo (Not a Vivo90, AFAIK).
As far as I'm aware, there are no other VIVO's than the VIVO90.
I've gone through install and troubleshooting guides galore, but I can't seem to get ALSA to recognize my card, and I'm confused and rather tired of it all.
Do you think you can help, and if so, what information do you need from me?
I probably can; I have both a Soundscape VIVO90 and a much older Soundscape S-2000. My VIVO90 is an ISA-PnP card and has a Ensoniq MARK5-RO, an OTTOR2C and a Analog Devices AD1845 codec:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_Soundscape_VIVO90
I tested that when I acquired it a while ago and if I remember correctly, it just worked... mmm. come to think of it, it might be the case that I needed to add its PnP ID to the driver. Not sure anymore. Could you confirm whether or not your Soundscape is an ISA-PnP card and if so (that's also a way to find out if you don't know if it is) run "pnpdump" with it installed and look for a PnP-ID for the card in it? Something of the form "ENSxxxx".
If your card is one of the older non-PnP soundscapes it's going to be a bit harder; they also need firmware and all that and I haven't tested that card myself yet.
(please use the @alsa-project.org list addresses by the way; in the case of alsa-devel, the sourceforge one is gone even).
Rene.