[ubuntu] how do i get sound from my m-audio 2496 [Archive]

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andyc7454

March 6th, 2009, 10:06 AM

hi there i have a problem now i have installed ubuntu 8.10
and my card is showing in the volume controll and in sound but there is nothing comming out of it everytime i click on test it gives me some warning about something something 512 buffer because of this i had to go back to xp .I have looked online a lot about to resolve different ways but i just don't get it!!
it's a bit too technical for me .does anyone no a easyer solution.
If i have sound i would go back to ubuntu

andyc7454

March 8th, 2009, 12:31 AM

well anyone?sorry for having no patiance (oh actually i'am not sorry)

SkankinRatFink

March 8th, 2009, 01:09 AM

I must admit this is a total shot in the dark ...

But I have heard that M-Audio cards don't like PCI latency to be too low. Have you tried adjusting that setting in your BIOS?

andyc7454

March 8th, 2009, 10:06 AM

in bios?did not know i had to adjust anything there

Outremer

March 8th, 2009, 10:20 AM

I've used that M-Audio with Ubuntu Studio 8.04 and it worked fine. If I remember right, there was little hassle with ALSA or OSS, but after little tuning that worked.

Ubuntu Studio 8.04 has a low latency kernel by default and that's much better to recording stuff. Try that instead the normal Ubuntu.

Here is something about that card too:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=302698