Ess onboard not working if configuration is saved

**curaga** · 08-13-2006, 11:38 AM

I have an Ess Audiodrive 1869 onboard. When I boot with default settings, it is not recognised.
Im a complete noob on linux, never used it before. My friend said Knoppix would be easy. It was.
Then I searched the forums, and found out about alsaconf. It worked the first time, found my card, configured it right and everything was as wonderful as with windows. Then, I saved my config to floppy, thinking i wouldnt need to use alsaconf everytime i wanted to listen to music. When i rebooted, it started the sound server, but whined about not finding the sound card. I tried alsaconf again, it found my card, but in the end of it, Enjoy part, said no such card, even thou it had found it less than a minute ago. Another try, and now it finds no isa/legacy cards at all.

My Question: Why does alsaconf not work after loading previous (alsa)configuration?????
this should be fixed..

**WaKa** · 08-13-2006, 10:12 PM

Hi there
At boot you need to type knoppix floppyconfig
This is a cheatcode to run your floppy, as a result, the sound config is implemented and any KDE setup including your last bookmarks on Firefox saved too.
Cheatcodes are at boot by pressing F2 or F3 and here

**curaga** · 08-14-2006, 09:50 AM

i meant that after configuring alsa, i save my config to floppy and after reboot load it from floppy using the knoppix floppyconfig code, then sound does not work and alsaconf either

**WaKa** · 08-14-2006, 04:18 PM

After booting with default settings in the KDE Control Center > Sound System check "Enable the sound system", test sound and apply. And config to floppy again.

Hope this helps

**curaga** · 08-14-2006, 05:50 PM

sorry, no, i had already done that before i first saved my configuration.
I want to know why sound works after configuring alsa, and enabling sound system, but after saving config (and loading it during reboot) no more sound and alsaconf neither works......

**WaKa** · 08-15-2006, 08:55 PM

Hey there
My suggestion would be just to first setup with nothing at boot, configure alsaconf only and setup alsamixer and alsactl store on the terminal then save your sound only, reboot and check out the sound with KDE sound system. .You don't really need to use alsaconf more than once.
If you have a second floppy around then make copies as you increase your config. The floppy has limited space available.

BTW, If you do use alsaconf then turn off everything (e.g. browsers, xmms, kafine) before configuration

**curaga** · 08-16-2006, 07:13 AM

nothing else was running when i used alsaconf.

hey, remember i'm new to linux, what's alsactl and what do you mean with storing on terminal?
and do you mean to not enable sound sys before reboot?

**WaKa** · 08-18-2006, 10:44 PM

Oops, sorry
Use alsaconf only and configure to floppy. Then reboot During the booting process the soundcard will not be recognized but go ahead and proceed to KDE and test sound and kmixer if you need it.
The kmixer (the icon below) sould be on (no red slash across the icon).

Most of the computer hardware are designed for Microsoft in mind. Most manufactors will not even give any Linux info. It's and uphill battle.

BTW, do you like to work in the DOS prompt? If not then you will not like the Terminal.
By now you've done some serches on the Terminal. If you don't like it then you will not like Linux. It's also call Konsole, Command Line Interface(CLI).

**curaga** · 08-20-2006, 08:47 AM

I finally realized what you meant. Still no sound. And I do like dos, mostly because it starts fast, works fast and fits to a floppy. Here's what i did, in case it helps:
boot with default settings (except for nopcmcia and nofirewire to speed it up)
alsaconf with yes to isa/legacy and only my card checked (es 18xx). it found and configured it.
then Konsole:
su
alsactl -help
alsactl store
exit

then saved config to floppy and reboot with floppyconfig option. No recognition during reboot, as you said.
Then control center -> sound-> enable sound system and test sound.

"Error: cannot open /dev/dsp/ no such device using default null output device"
and no sound... then i tried kmixer and it had a red cross over it and said no mixer found.
Is this all because Micro$oft and onboard not-standard card?