I have the exact same card....using 7.2
you first have install the package Timidity
and its related package timidity-instruments.
then if you still can't hear sound...
go to a prompt (as root) and type in:
sndconf
you don't have to go thru all that other garbage
"Coy L. Scott" wrote:
>
> I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 on my HP Pavilion 4540 about
> two weeks ago. I haven't succeeded yet in getting it to
> use my Sound Blaster 16 PCI sound card. I am currently
> trying to use pnpdump to get the vendor ID and serial
> number from the card. Using that information, I hope
> to manually configure the card using isapnp.
>
> However, it appears that pnpdump will not access the
> I/O address used by the card. Would someone please
> tell me what I should do?
>
> I read in an earlier message on this mailing list
> that "YOU MUST ALWAYS remove all loaded sound modules
> from memory before running sndconfig or any sound
> configuration program." That may be the problem.
> Whenever I shut down the system, I see a message
> reporting that sound module es1371 is being unloaded.
> How can I unload es1371? Apparently, I don't know
> the correct name to use in identifying the module
> to rmmod. When I type command "rmmod es1371", I
> receive this error message:
>
> rmmod: module es1371 is not loaded
>
> The output of lsmod is as follows:
>
> Module Size Used by
> parport_pc 7568 0 (autoclean)
> parport 7744 0 (autoclean) [parport_pc]
> printer 3968 0 (unused)
> ppp 20976 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> slhc 4544 0 (autoclean) [ppp]
> nls_cp437 3952 2 (autoclean)
> vfat 9408 1 (autoclean)
> fat 30432 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
> supermount 14224 2 (autoclean)
> ide-scsi 7664 0
> usb-storage 11568 0 (unused)
> usbcore 43632 1 [printer usb-storage]
>
> However, I believe that the es1371 sound module is
> loaded because I see this message whenever the
> system is shutting down:
>
> Shutting down anacron
> Unloading sound module (es1371)
>
> Here is a long list of information that may or may not
> be helpful:
>
> My system can boot with either Windows 98 Second Edition
> or Linux-Mandrake 7.2. From Windows 98, I gathered this
> information about the card:
>
> Selected Resource Report - Page: 1
>
> ********* SYSTEM DEVICE ***********
>
> Class: Sound, video and game controllers
> Device: Suond Blaster AudioPCI
> Resources:
> IRQ: 05
> I/O: 1400h-143Fh
>
> pnpdump reports "No boards found" before reaching
> address 1400. Here is the output from typing
> command "pnpdump" with no parameters:
>
> # $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.23 2000/04/19 22:49:44 fox Exp $
> # Release isapnptools-1.22
> #
> # This is free software, see the sources for details.
> # This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
> #
> # For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
> #
> # For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see:
> # http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
> #
> # Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER -DABORT_ONRESERR
> #
> # Trying port address 0273
> # Trying port address 027b
> # Trying port address 0283
> # Trying port address 028b
> # Trying port address 0293
> # Trying port address 029b
> # Trying port address 02a3
> # Trying port address 02ab
> # Trying port address 02b3
> # Trying port address 02bb
> # Trying port address 02c3
> # Trying port address 02cb
> # Trying port address 02d3
> # Trying port address 02db
> # Trying port address 02e3
> # Trying port address 02eb
> # Trying port address 02f3
> # Trying port address 02fb
> # Trying port address 0303
> # Trying port address 030b
> # Trying port address 0313
> # Trying port address 031b
> # Trying port address 0323
> # Trying port address 032b
> # Trying port address 0333
> # Trying port address 033b
> # Trying port address 0343
> # Trying port address 034b
> # Trying port address 0353
> # Trying port address 035b
> # Trying port address 0363
> # Trying port address 036b
> # Trying port address 0373
> # Trying port address 037b
> # Trying port address 0383
> # Trying port address 038b
> # Trying port address 0393
> # Trying port address 039b
> # Trying port address 03a3
> # Trying port address 03ab
> # Trying port address 03b3
> # Trying port address 03bb
> # Trying port address 03e3
> # Trying port address 03eb
> # Trying port address 03f3
> # No boards found
>
> When I tried specifying the I/O address to
> pnpdump, here were the results:
>
> # pnpdump 0x1400
> Port address 0x1400 (0x1400) out of range 0x203..0x3ff
>
> When I run sndconfig, it reports the following:
>
> Sound Configuration Utility 0.55
>
> PCI Probe Results
>
> A PCI sound card was found in
> your system. The details are:
>
> Model: Ensoniq|CT5880
>
> When sndconfig tries to play a test sound, it
> reports the following error:
>
> modprobe error
> The following error occurred running the modprobe program:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/es1371.o: init_module: Device
> or resource busy.
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/es1371.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/es1371.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/es1371.o: insmod sound-slot-0
> failed
>
> I don't think that my BIOS configures pnp cards.
> The information about my BIOS is:
> PhoenixBIOS 4.06 Release 6.0.C
> Core Version 4.06
> BIOS Revision 1.09 05/07/99
>
> I could not find any place in the BIOS setup
> screens to disable pnp cofiguration. However,
> you can reserve some IRQ levels and I/O ranges
> for pnp. I tried reserving IRQ 5. Unfortunately,
> that did not resolve my problem. Also, address
> hex 1400 was not in any of the address ranges
> that were listed.
>
> Some program has found information about my sound
> card. Please see the information about my sound
> card which is listed below as Bus 0, device 11,
> function 0 in /proc/pci:
>
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 3).
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf8000008].
> Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
> PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 3).
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=128. Min Gnt=140.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
> IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
> I/O at 0x1050 [0x1051].
> Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
> USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
> Latency=32.
> I/O at 0x1060 [0x1061].
> Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
> Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
> Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: 3Com Unknown device (rev 48).
> Vendor id=10b7. Device id=7646.
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=80. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
> I/O at 0x1080 [0x1081].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4000000 [0xf4000000].
> Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq Unknown device (rev 2).
> Vendor id=1274. Device id=5880.
> Slow devsel. Master Capable. Latency=96. Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.
> I/O at 0x1400 [0x1401].
> Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: ATI Unknown device (rev 122).
> Vendor id=1002. Device id=4757.
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.
> Latency=66. Min Gnt=8.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf5000000 [0xf5000000].
> I/O at 0x2000 [0x2001].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4100000 [0xf4100000].
>
> Just in case this is part of the problem, I will mention
> that isapnp reports that there is a resource conflict.
> I placed the following in /etc/isapnp.conf:
>
> (ISOLATE)
> (IDENTIFY *)
>
> When I ran isapnp using the command "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf",
> it produced the following output:
>
> Read port 03C3 cannot be allocated - resource conflict (see /proc/ioports)
> Read port 03CB cannot be allocated - resource conflict (see /proc/ioports)
> Read port 03D3 cannot be allocated - resource conflict (see /proc/ioports)
> Read port 03DB cannot be allocated - resource conflict (see /proc/ioports)
> Read port 03FB cannot be allocated - resource conflict (see /proc/ioports)
> /etc/isapnp.conf:1 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing request 'ISOLATE ' ---
> further action aborted
>
> The contents of /proc/ioports is:
>
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-003f : pic1
> 0040-005f : timer
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 0070-007f : rtc
> 0080-008f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00bf : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : fpu
> 0170-0177 : ide1
> 01f0-01f7 : ide0
> 0376-0376 : ide1
> 0378-037a : parport0
> 03c0-03df : vga+
> 03f6-03f6 : ide0
> 03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
> 1050-1057 : ide0
> 1058-105f : ide1
>
> Since the name of one of the ports with a confilict is vga+,
> I guess that is for my video card. Perhaps the conflict
> would explain why my Hewlett Packard Pavilion M70 monitor
> was not automatically detected. Also, it would not
> produce a clear, flicker-free picture even if I selected
> the M70 monitor from the list. I eventually had to
> select a generic monitor from the list.
>
> I don't know how to resolve this resource conflict.
> The hardware works well under Windows 98.
>
> Thank you for whatever advice you can offer.
>
> Coy Scott
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
