Resolving openSUSE 11.0 Sound Issue With Some Audigy Cards

In the last few days I managed to install openSUSE 11.0 on more than 6 desktops, helping my friends on setting up the distribution, and on one of them I encountered a strange problem, running KDE 4.0. The problem occurred with the Audigy 2 ZS card, same as the one I have. From forums I noticed that I was not the only one to get this strange hiccup. As it seems, this small problem lies within the KMix settings.

In case you are also having this issue, here is what needs to be done:

1. Launch KMix (a speaker icon on plasma panel) -> Mixer -> Settings -> Configure Channels -> Select “Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack”

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2. Now in the main KMix window simply de-select it:

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Apart from the above stated channel i have added the Mic related channels as well, to have quick access to them:

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Now enjoy your sound.

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Comment by Lysdestic on July 27, 2008

What do you use as your master channel? I have sound and everything, but each slider only controls individual speakers, but none of them turn it them all down together…

Comment by E@zyVG™ on July 27, 2008

SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] - sound card
As for master channel, it is called Front, the first on the left, while the next is also called Front but that controls the real front channels only, next comes all the surround, rear, etc channels.

Click channels list to see if you are missing the one which controls all the channels.

Comment by Mathias G on August 10, 2008

Thanks
The trick worked on my opensuse 11, only I had to replace the “audigy” line you mention by the IEC958 channel that was registered (and which corresponded to the audigy card).
Everything works right now