Re: Sound testing
Krzys Majewski wrote > I use "saytime". For example: I tried running saytime but it did not work. Nothing sounding like the time came out of the speaker. cat /bin/bash > /dev/audio gives white noise from the speaker so something is working. Is there likely to be problem with my installation of sound? Regards Tim
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Chris wrote > /dev/sndstat was never meant to be relied upon and is now listed as > obsolete in my kernel source (2.4.0-test7). Has it been superceded by something else? If so, what? Tim
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Timothy Bedding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to get my Sound Blaster card working. > > Can anyone suggest a simple test program that I can > run to prove that it is working? I use "saytime". For example: while true do saytime sleep 1 done I've been playing with sound lately (sound blaster awe 64 isa pnp), here's my summary: - there are afaik 3 different drivers you can use: 1. The OSS/Free drivers that come with the linux kernel 2. The shareware OSS drivers from the OSS website. They cost money. I could not get their demo to install under Debian. 3. ALSA. This is what I'm using now. It was a bitch to set up but it seems to work well. You can get the latest source from something like www.alsa-project.org. There's about 3 different howto's on the website, reading all of them helped me with configuring the drivers. The benefit of ALSA is for example full-duplex support for my sound card, which I need since I like to do some live sound recording/mixing. - the sb awe 64 isa pnp may not very good if you plan to do sound recording with ecasound. If it works for you, great; it doesn't work that well for me (slow, noisy). I think I'll get an sb 128pci card next. -chris
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 08:15:18PM +0100, Timothy Bedding wrote: > I upgraded to a 2.2 kernel and got the sound card > working to a limited extent. > > However, /dev/sndstat is not working. > > Any suggestions? > > # cat /dev/sndstat > cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device /dev/sndstat was never meant to be relied upon and is now listed as obsolete in my kernel source (2.4.0-test7). Cheers, Chris -- It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. -- Benjamin Disraeli
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I upgraded to a 2.2 kernel and got the sound card working to a limited extent. However, /dev/sndstat is not working. Any suggestions? # cat /dev/sndstat cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device Tim
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> I am trying to get my Sound Blaster card working. > > > I seem to have four different possible sockets > for the speakers. > > black, green, red, blue > > Any idea which of these is the one to use? > You haven't told us which model, but my PCI128 uses the green jack for the speakers, with an internal jumper for choosing between powered or unpowered speakers. They're probably all the same so I'd go for the green. -- David mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ich fuhle, Luft von anderen Planeten" Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result.
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> However, the documentation does not give the default > settings for I/O Base and IRQ. I think this is why the > device is not configured. > you say, it's an pci card. so it should be fully auto-detected. if it's not, then you probably use the wrong driver. sb16pci (aka sb128) needs the es1371 driver. regards -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. -- Become part of the world's biggest computer cluster - join http://www.distributed.net/
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Michael Merten > It has no amplified output for > speakers, which is what your black jack is (i believe). I use > the green jack with a pair of cheapo amplified speakers Thanks for that. I located the documentation for Blaster 16 PCI and it seems that the green line out is what I need. However, the documentation does not give the default settings for I/O Base and IRQ. I think this is why the device is not configured. Does anyone know the default settings? Failing that, I may have to try to call technical support. Regards Tim
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:08:30 +0100, Timothy Bedding wrote: >I am trying to get my Sound Blaster card working. > >Can anyone suggest a simple test program that I can >run to prove that it is working? > >I seem to have four different possible sockets >for the speakers. > >black, green, red, blue I don't know if there are 'standards' in place here, but my motherboard has a green (line out), red (violet, actually, mic in), and blue (line in). It has no amplified output for speakers, which is what your black jack is (i believe). I use the green jack with a pair of cheapo amplified speakers. As I said, this is on a new motherboard, not a Soundblaster card, so your results may vary. > >Any idea which of these is the one to use? > >Regards >Tim > HTH, Mike -- Michael Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Support Engineer Raytheon Technical Services Co. Joint Readiness Training Center Fort Polk, Louisiana
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dress it in black. 8) Alpha
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Oswald Buddenhagen wrote > not good ... try /dev/dsp > if you miss this one too, then something is wrong with your setup. > then you should have a look at MAKEDEV. I have created audio. Now I get ~> cat /bin/bash > /dev/audio /dev/audio: Device not configured. Any ideas? Is it possible that I need something extra configured in my kernel? Regards Tim
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 05:41:33PM +0100, Timothy Bedding wrote: > What does this sound like? Like hell, I'm sure. ;-) > I have no /dev/audio. What do I do? You've probably got a newer soundcard like most of us. Use /dev/dsp instead. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX
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> > cat /bin/bash >/dev/audio :-)=) > > this sound really rocks! *lol* > > What does this sound like? > similar to a modem ... > I have no /dev/audio. What do I do? > not good ... try /dev/dsp if you miss this one too, then something is wrong with your setup. then you should have a look at MAKEDEV. > What does the icon next to your black look like? > it's an idealized speaker, iirc (can't see the back side without moving loads of crap): _/| |_ | \| good luck! -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. -- Become part of the world's biggest computer cluster - join http://www.distributed.net/
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Oswald Buddenhagen wrote > cat /bin/bash >/dev/audio :-)=) > this sound really rocks! *lol* What does this sound like? I have no /dev/audio. What do I do? > there are usually tiny icons engraved into the plate the sockets stick out. > my card uses the black one for speaker output. Yes, I have those icons but I cannot make much sense of them. What does the icon next to your black look like? Regards Tim
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 05:08:30PM +0100, Timothy Bedding wrote: > I am trying to get my Sound Blaster card working. > > Can anyone suggest a simple test program that I can > run to prove that it is working? I'm not sure but I think you can just cat a .wav file and redirect it to the device. Personally I just went all the way and tried xmms on an MP3. > I seem to have four different possible sockets > for the speakers. > > black, green, red, blue > > Any idea which of these is the one to use? No idea. Mine has text inscribed under the ports. Doesn't yours? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX
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> Can anyone suggest a simple test program that I can > run to prove that it is working? > cat /bin/bash >/dev/audio :-)=) this sound really rocks! *lol* > I seem to have four different possible sockets for the speakers. > > black, green, red, blue > > Any idea which of these is the one to use? > there are usually tiny icons engraved into the plate the sockets stick out. my card uses the black one for speaker output. good luck! -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. -- Become part of the world's biggest computer cluster - join http://www.distributed.net/
Sound testing
I am trying to get my Sound Blaster card working. Can anyone suggest a simple test program that I can run to prove that it is working? I seem to have four different possible sockets for the speakers. black, green, red, blue Any idea which of these is the one to use? Regards Tim
