SoundBlaster Audigy problem with Slackware 12.0

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:52:31 -0800, Mike Keithley wrote:
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> Hello group,
>
> I have installed Slackware 12.0 on my Dell Dimensions 8400. The system
> works fine except for one show-stopping problem: the record functions
> are not present on my SoundBlaster Audigy card. Playback functions are
> there and work very well.
>
> But I can't record. I can raise the mic and line inputs, but there are
> no switches that set these inputs for use.
>
> In /etc/asound.state, the card is called SoundBlaster Audigy2, but lspci
> just calls this card Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04). Perhaps Alsa is
> mis-interpreting my card.
>
> This was a problem in Slackware 11.0, but I could re-compile the kernel
> to use the oss version of emu10k1 and all was well. Unfortunately this
> module seems to have gone away in the 2.6.21 kernel so I can't use the
> oss alternative. I've got to solve this problem or fall back to my old
> system.
>
> If anyone can help I'd appreciate it very much.[/color]

I had a problem that sounds very similar to this. In my case what
happened was that, besides the SB board, I had a motherboard built-in
sound device that was enabled in my BIOS. Somehow this was working fine
under Slackware 10.2, but when I upgraded to Slackware 12 I started to
observe what you point out: I could play sounds with no problems, but
recording would just not work. Things started working fine again after I
made sure to disable the built-in sound device in my BIOS.