Re: [expert] Strange ES1370 sound problem

2001-12-14 Thread Phil

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 23:58, you wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Phil wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > This problem has only occurred still MDK 8.1 was installed a couple of
> > months ago and is something I have been able to live with until now.
> >
> > When my system is first started /dev/dsp does not exist and if I try to
> > run kmix a message is displayed that says something like "invalid es1370
> > sound card". Also the sound level is very low.
> >
> > I can overcome this problem by running the sound configure tool from
> > Harddrake. Sometimes this also fails because sox can't play the configure
> > sound message because /dev/dsp does not exist. Pressing the configure
> > again usually gets the configuration under way if Harddrake doesn't
> > lock-up.
> >
> > Stuffing around like this everytime I want to use /dev/dsp is very
> > annoying.
> >
> > Can anyone offer a suggestion for a cure?
>
> I can [sy|e]mpathize...  This link shows my problems with ES1371 and
> includes a small script to overcome the problem.
>
> http://pfortin.com/Linux/LM8.1sound/
>
> HTH,
> Pierre

According to your web site Pierre, the systoms of our sound card problems 
are the same. Unfortunately, your well-written script does not fix my problem.

/dev/sound/dsp does exist on start up but the link /dev/dsp does not until I 
run Harddrake and then all is OK. Manually creating the link does not fix the 
problem either. I wonder if the ES1370 sound card is not fully detected 
during the boot stage?

-- 
Regards,
Phil
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Re: [expert] Strange ES1370 sound problem

2001-12-13 Thread Pierre Fortin



On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Phil wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> This problem has only occurred still MDK 8.1 was installed a couple of months
> ago and is something I have been able to live with until now.
>
> When my system is first started /dev/dsp does not exist and if I try to run
> kmix a message is displayed that says something like "invalid es1370 sound
> card". Also the sound level is very low.
>
> I can overcome this problem by running the sound configure tool from
> Harddrake. Sometimes this also fails because sox can't play the configure
> sound message because /dev/dsp does not exist. Pressing the configure again
> usually gets the configuration under way if Harddrake doesn't lock-up.
>
> Stuffing around like this everytime I want to use /dev/dsp is very annoying.
>
> Can anyone offer a suggestion for a cure?
>

I can [sy|e]mpathize...  This link shows my problems with ES1371 and
includes a small script to overcome the problem.

http://pfortin.com/Linux/LM8.1sound/

HTH,
Pierre





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[expert] Strange ES1370 sound problem

2001-12-13 Thread Phil

Hello All,

This problem has only occurred still MDK 8.1 was installed a couple of months 
ago and is something I have been able to live with until now.

When my system is first started /dev/dsp does not exist and if I try to run 
kmix a message is displayed that says something like "invalid es1370 sound 
card". Also the sound level is very low.

I can overcome this problem by running the sound configure tool from 
Harddrake. Sometimes this also fails because sox can't play the configure 
sound message because /dev/dsp does not exist. Pressing the configure again 
usually gets the configuration under way if Harddrake doesn't lock-up.

Stuffing around like this everytime I want to use /dev/dsp is very annoying.

Can anyone offer a suggestion for a cure?

-- 
Regards,
Phil
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