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 -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
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