Turtle Beach Daytona sound card on 7.3

[Rick Stevens]

Bob Kinney wrote:
> Hello--
> 
> I'm running RHL 7.3 on an HP Vectra VL6.  I couldn't find support for
> its Aztech card, so I put in a Turtle Beach Daytona I had laying around.
> 
> I installed Alsa, following the instructions here, 
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Turtle+Beach&card=Daytona&chip=SonicVibes+PCI&module=sonicvibes#opt
> 
> and here,
> http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA.html
> 
> Running alsaconfig got me closer, but I still can't get any
> sound from this setup.  I know that I'm close, because the speakers pop from 
> time to time (on startup and shutdown, running gmix, and usually, but not
>  always, when I try to run aplay).  I don't really know any good way to test
> the card--I've been trying to run aplay or Gnome's sound event applet.
> 
> Any help, or a pointer to some decent troubleshooting would be appreciated.

Try running alsamixer and make sure the volume controls are turned up.
This isn't a common problem.  By default, alsa installs with all volume
controls turned down so you don't blow your ears out.
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