On Monday 24 June 2002 20:10, you wrote: > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 12:22, John Michael Drouhard wrote: > > Hi all! > > I have an aureal vortex 2 soundcard, and have installed the drivers > > provided at sourceforge.net. I have tried many times to get sound out of > > computer, but it just won't happen. I have tried changing the setting in > > Sound Server under KDE Control Center. When I try to force it to use > > ALSA, it comes up with this message: > > I notice below that you have a mobo with a VIA chipset. Via has known > problems with Aureal on a pci bus; easily fixed with the right command > from "setpci". You fit the profile: you have both an Nvidia card and a > Via mobo. > > In your /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, try locating the following section. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > # Set the NIS domain name > if [ -n "$NISDOMAIN" ]; then > action "Setting NIS domain name %s: " $NISDOMAIN domainname > $NISDOMAIN > else > domainname "" > fi > ___________________________________________________________________ > > I included the section on NIS so you will know where to go. Now > immediately below that insert the following: > > # Set the PCI bus to proper values for VIA chipset. > if [ -x /sbin/setpci ]; then > action "Adjusting PCI bus settings:" /sbin/setpci -d '12eb:*' 40.B=ff > fi > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > The next time you boot you should have your pci bus initialized > properly. ALSO: You must copy "setpci" from /usr/bin to /sbin after > you make these modifications. This will init your pci bus properly at a > very early stage in the boot process. > > You might also be interested in the following information included in > the source documentation in the CVS download of the Sourceforge Aureal > drivers: > _____________________________________________________________________ > > General: > > Problem: I get "device busy" error messages. > > Solution: Plug N Play (PnP) support might be enabled in your BIOS. > Disable it. > > Problem: I have a VIA-based chipset motherboard and I am experiencing > lockups and other problems with this driver. > > Solution: Type the following command as root: > setpci -d '12eb:*' 40.B=ff > > If this fixes your problem, you might want to add it to your > /etc/rc.d/rc.local to run it automatically each time you reboot. > > Note: You should only use this if you are experiencing problems. > > Problem: I have an Nvidia video card and I am experiencing sound > skipping and/or fuzz. > > Solution: Type the following command as root: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=40 > > If problem still exists: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=60 > > If problem still exists: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=80 > > If problem still exists: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=20 40.B=ff > > If the problem still exists: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=40 40.B=ff > > If the problem still exists: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=60 40.B=ff > > If the problem still exists: > setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=80 40.B=ff > > If any of these commands fix your problem, you'll probably want to add > it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local to be automatically loaded after each > reboot. > > Note: Make sure you use the minimum configuration possible above, > don't just use the last option if you don't have to. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > Sound Server informational message: > > > > Error while initializing the sound driver: > > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Invalid argument) > > > > The sound server will continue, using the null output device. > > > > ----------- > > > > Sound hasn't come out at all yet, so any help would be greatly > > appreciated!! > > > > Other comp specs: > > > > Motherboard: VIA 503+ > > K-6 III+ 450 running at 500 MHz > > Sound Card: Aureal Vortex2 > > Video card: TNT2 32MB > > Network card: Netgear FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Card > > 384 MB Memory > > I'm familiar with the 503+. That's a nice mobo. > > > 1 generic cd reader > > 1 Samsung 8x8x32 CD-RW > > 1 Floppy > > 1 10 GB WD Harddrive > > 1 40 GB Maxtor Harddrive > > Mandrake Linux 8.2 with the standard kernel for this distro. Running in > > dual boot mode with Windows 98. > > Good luck and let me know how you get on! > > LX
I have tried adding the PCI option to the rc.sysinit file, and I rebooted. The problem was that It still gave me the dsp error, and the sound still did not work. I appreciate your help, and thanks again. Any more ideas? More troubleshooting?? John Michael Drouhard
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