Re: [expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
On Sunday 11 August 2002 17:46, you wrote: [...] > Are you running the /usr/bin/artswrapper suid-root? I'm sure there are yup -rwsr-xr-x root root ... > many who would frown heavily on doing this, but I run it suid (mode 4755), > and have had much better sound quality as a result. If you use msec, Not an issue as I'm not using it at present Thanks for the response regards Daryl -- Appendix: A portion of a book, for which nobody yet has discovered any use. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
On Sunday 11 August 2002 12:34, Daryl Johnson wrote: >On Sunday 14 July 2002 02:48, you wrote: > >An addendum to my sound card problems of 6 weeks ago. > >I have sound using OSS but not ALSA, it's not uncommon to get sound server >error messages when I forget and try and use a KDE sound app. Clearly artsd >is missing the boat somewhere. > >As a rare occasion today I logged into a KDE screen as root (I know, I know >but I had my reasons) and blow me down, the chord played on boot and sign >off. I also used some KDE apps and got sound interaction. > >Clearly a permission problem somewhere but would anyone care to suggest where? Are you running the /usr/bin/artswrapper suid-root? I'm sure there are many who would frown heavily on doing this, but I run it suid (mode 4755), and have had much better sound quality as a result. If you use msec, you will have to put an entry for the change in /etc/security/msec/perm.local: # /etc/security/msec/perm.local # Local file permission settings to override msec. # [file][uid.gid] [perms] # /usr/bin/artswrapperroot.root 4755 the artswrapper is what launches the artsd sound-server at kde startup, and allows artsd to get (near) real-time-scheduling priority. -Chuck -- +-% He's a real UNIX Man $-+-+ \ Sitting in his UNIX LAN \ Charles A. Shirley \ \ Making all his UNIX plans \ cashirley (at) comcast (dot) net \ +--# For nobody @--+-+ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
On Sunday 14 July 2002 02:48, you wrote: An addendum to my sound card problems of 6 weeks ago. I have sound using OSS but not ALSA, it's not uncommon to get sound server error messages when I forget and try and use a KDE sound app. Clearly artsd is missing the boat somewhere. As a rare occasion today I logged into a KDE screen as root (I know, I know but I had my reasons) and blow me down, the chord played on boot and sign off. I also used some KDE apps and got sound interaction. Clearly a permission problem somewhere but would anyone care to suggest where? regards Daryl -- James Joyce -- an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. -- Tom Stoppard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
civileme wrote: > Larry Sword wrote: > >>> plus an illegal CDROM request >>> >>> sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. >>> sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. >> >> >> >> Maybe you don't have a cdron in the drive? >> >> > Nope--doesn't matter if he has a CDROM in the drive or not. The > message is from sr, which means that he has a CDRW most likely and the > /dev/cdrom isn't pointing there. > > as root > > ln -fs /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom > > should improve playing audio CDs > > Civileme > Right you are.. I must have been thinking of when one clicks on the CDROM icon and having no disk in the drive you get a "Failure to Open" message or something to that effect. Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
Larry Sword wrote: > > > Daryl Johnson wrote: > >> OK things move on - with a degree of embarrassment :o/ >> >> Following on from some of Larry Swords comments I ran the card down >> to the European web site (makes sense, I bought the card in >> Scotland). I had the opportunity here to d/l a manual. Query, if >> there is a manual available why wasn't it in the box? Maybe it was >> but on the windows disk. Hmmm >> >> Anyway, d/l the manual and have a glance through. >> >> Well, that's certainly a better set-up diagram than the leaflet - >> let's see if everything is as per... well, the cd line is to the >> right place tick one. The line in is Oh sh&t, check back with >> the leaflet... degree of confusion, check with the manual, none at >> all. Replace line out one socket up. >> >> Run Control Centre and sound card configuration and a LOUID american >> voice tells me that my card is configured! A quick run of a cd and >> it plays. Oh Joy. >> >> Further check shows that /etc/modules.conf is as per: >> >> alias usb-interface usb-uhci >> >> # ALSA native device support >> options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 >> >> #OSS/Free setup >> >> probeall scsi_hostadapter advansys >> alias eth0 3c59x >> alias sound-slot-0 es1371 > > > I would recommend, as root, make a backup of your /etc/modules.conf > file. Then edit /etc/modules.conf and remove these lines: > (as you are no longer using the ALSA drivers. > > # ALSA native device support > options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 > > The ONLY entry for your sound card needsis: > > alias sound-slot-0 es1371 > > Run depmod -a. > > Then reboot. > > >> >> Certainly seems a bit less elaborate than before. >> >> OK another test, shutdown and reboot. >> >> Dmesg now shows: >> >> es1371: version v0.30 time 01:49:49 Mar 15 2002 >> es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02 >> es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xcc00 irq 11 >> es1371: features: joystick 0x0 >> ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) >> >> plus an illegal CDROM request >> >> sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. >> sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. > > > Maybe you don't have a cdron in the drive? > > > > > >> Furthermore there is no swelling chord when the KDE screen opens and >> there is an error message: >> >> Sound server fatal error: >> cpu overload, aborting >> >> It seems that artsd is failing to connect somewhere. A further test >> shows that noatun refuses to run HOWEVER calling up KDE Sound Server, >> restarting the server appears to work and noatun can now run (though >> I have to kill artsd to get Real video running again (sheesh) >> >> Sooo, thanks for all the help and comments so far and u, >> where might I go from here? >> >> regards >> >> Daryl >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Nope--doesn't matter if he has a CDROM in the drive or not. The message is from sr, which means that he has a CDRW most likely and the /dev/cdrom isn't pointing there. as root ln -fs /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom should improve playing audio CDs Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
Daryl Johnson wrote: > OK things move on - with a degree of embarrassment :o/ > > Following on from some of Larry Swords comments I ran the card down to the > European web site (makes sense, I bought the card in Scotland). I had the > opportunity here to d/l a manual. Query, if there is a manual available why > wasn't it in the box? Maybe it was but on the windows disk. Hmmm > > Anyway, d/l the manual and have a glance through. > > Well, that's certainly a better set-up diagram than the leaflet - let's see > if everything is as per... well, the cd line is to the right place tick one. > The line in is Oh sh&t, check back with the leaflet... degree of > confusion, check with the manual, none at all. Replace line out one socket > up. > > Run Control Centre and sound card configuration and a LOUID american voice > tells me that my card is configured! A quick run of a cd and it plays. Oh > Joy. > > Further check shows that /etc/modules.conf is as per: > > alias usb-interface usb-uhci > > # ALSA native device support > options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 > > #OSS/Free setup > > probeall scsi_hostadapter advansys > alias eth0 3c59x > alias sound-slot-0 es1371 I would recommend, as root, make a backup of your /etc/modules.conf file. Then edit /etc/modules.conf and remove these lines: (as you are no longer using the ALSA drivers. # ALSA native device support options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 The ONLY entry for your sound card needsis: alias sound-slot-0 es1371 Run depmod -a. Then reboot. > > Certainly seems a bit less elaborate than before. > > OK another test, shutdown and reboot. > > Dmesg now shows: > > es1371: version v0.30 time 01:49:49 Mar 15 2002 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02 > es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xcc00 irq 11 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) > > plus an illegal CDROM request > > sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. > sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Maybe you don't have a cdron in the drive? > Furthermore there is no swelling chord when the KDE screen opens and there is > an error message: > > Sound server fatal error: > cpu overload, aborting > > It seems that artsd is failing to connect somewhere. A further test shows > that noatun refuses to run HOWEVER calling up KDE Sound Server, restarting > the server appears to work and noatun can now run (though I have to kill > artsd to get Real video running again (sheesh) > > Sooo, thanks for all the help and comments so far and u, where > might I go from here? > > regards > > Daryl > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
OK things move on - with a degree of embarrassment :o/ Following on from some of Larry Swords comments I ran the card down to the European web site (makes sense, I bought the card in Scotland). I had the opportunity here to d/l a manual. Query, if there is a manual available why wasn't it in the box? Maybe it was but on the windows disk. Hmmm Anyway, d/l the manual and have a glance through. Well, that's certainly a better set-up diagram than the leaflet - let's see if everything is as per... well, the cd line is to the right place tick one. The line in is Oh sh&t, check back with the leaflet... degree of confusion, check with the manual, none at all. Replace line out one socket up. Run Control Centre and sound card configuration and a LOUID american voice tells me that my card is configured! A quick run of a cd and it plays. Oh Joy. Further check shows that /etc/modules.conf is as per: alias usb-interface usb-uhci # ALSA native device support options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 #OSS/Free setup probeall scsi_hostadapter advansys alias eth0 3c59x alias sound-slot-0 es1371 Certainly seems a bit less elaborate than before. OK another test, shutdown and reboot. Dmesg now shows: es1371: version v0.30 time 01:49:49 Mar 15 2002 es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02 es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xcc00 irq 11 es1371: features: joystick 0x0 ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) plus an illegal CDROM request sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Furthermore there is no swelling chord when the KDE screen opens and there is an error message: Sound server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting It seems that artsd is failing to connect somewhere. A further test shows that noatun refuses to run HOWEVER calling up KDE Sound Server, restarting the server appears to work and noatun can now run (though I have to kill artsd to get Real video running again (sheesh) Sooo, thanks for all the help and comments so far and u, where might I go from here? regards Daryl -- "Pascal is Pascal is Pascal is dog meat." -- M. Devine and P. Larson, Computer Science 340 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Sound Is Impossible
OK things move on - with a degree of embarrassment :o/ Following on from some of Larry Swords comments I ran the card down to the European web site (makes sense, I bought the card in Scotland). I had the opportunity here to d/l a manual. Query, if there is a manual available why wasn't it in the box? Maybe it was but on the windows disk. Hmmm Anyway, d/l the manual and have a glance through. Well, that's certainly a better set-up diagram than the leaflet - let's see if everything is as per... well, the cd line is to the right place tick one. The line in is Oh sh&t, check back with the leaflet... degree of confusion, check with the manual, none at all. Replace line out one socket up. Run Control Centre and sound card configuration and a LOUID american voice tells me that my card is configured! A quick run of a cd and it plays. Oh Joy. Further check shows that /etc/modules.conf is as per: alias usb-interface usb-uhci # ALSA native device support options snd snd_major = 116 snd_cards_limit = 1 #OSS/Free setup probeall scsi_hostadapter advansys alias eth0 3c59x alias sound-slot-0 es1371 Certainly seems a bit less elaborate than before. OK another test, shutdown and reboot. Dmesg now shows: es1371: version v0.30 time 01:49:49 Mar 15 2002 es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02 es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xcc00 irq 11 es1371: features: joystick 0x0 ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) plus an illegal CDROM request sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Furthermore there is no swelling chord when the KDE screen opens and there is an error message: Sound server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting It seems that artsd is failing to connect somewhere. A further test shows that noatun refuses to run HOWEVER calling up KDE Sound Server, restarting the server appears to work and noatun can now run (though I have to kill artsd to get Real video running again (sheesh) Sooo, thanks for all the help and comments so far and u, where might I go from here? regards Daryl -- "Pascal is Pascal is Pascal is dog meat." -- M. Devine and P. Larson, Computer Science 340 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
