Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
David B. Carter said: I'm getting really frustrated with this sound problem! This morning I dug up an old SoundBlaser AWE32 card I had packed away, and I installed it in the machine I've been having trouble with. I disabled the onboard sound in the BIOS, I removed all references to sound drivers from /etc/modules.conf, and I restarted the machine. After this fresh start, I decided to see if I had any better luck with this sound card. Well, alsaconf wouldn't detect the card, so I moved on the sndconfig. It found the card and played that test audio file successfully, but, when I tried to play a WAV file in XMMS using the OSS plugin, I got no sound! ARGHHH! Well, I'm about to give up on this! I have gone back to the onboard soound. I cannot get anything but CD audio with ALSA no matter what I try. With OSS using sndconfig, I can get CD audio plus audio from some of the games. I still can't play a WAV file in XMMS. But I guess that's the best I can hope for right now. If anyone has any ideas, I'd still love to hear them, but I don't think I'm going to actively pursue this issue anymore (for now). Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
Given that your soundchip was not detected on installation, or that alsaconf fails to detect it, then I suspect you may may a problem with IRQ conflicts. If you type 'dmesg' in a terminal you will see all the boot messages. If you scroll up you may see some clues. No IRQ conflicts. I found out that my alsaconf hangup problem was because I was running it with an ALSA driver already loaded. When I restarted the computer with no driver loaded, it was able to scan without freezing up. The bad news is that it did a complete scan and came back saying no ISA cards detected. If I manually put all the stuff shown on the ALSA website into /etc/modules.conf, the driver loads, and I get CD audio, but when I try to play a WAV file in any application, it acts as though it's playing, but there is no sound. Another thing I tried after reading back over everyone's suggestions was to run sndconfig. If I restarted with no sound drivers loaded, and then ran sndconfig, it detected my sound hardware and configured my /etc/modules.conf like this: alias sound-slot-0 cs4232 options sound dmabuf=1 alias synth0 opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options cs4232 isapnp=1 This actually gave me sound when playing WAV files in XMMS using the OSS driver, but, when I tried to play the same file in a couple of other apps under the MultimediaSound menu, there was no sound. Also, I have seen other people talk about sounds that play when KDE starts up or shuts down, and I don't get that (I don't know if I have to configure that somewhere first). And when I go to ConfigurationConfigure Your DesktopLookNFellSystem Notifications and try to click the button to test any of the sounds, I get nothing. So, it appears that the only thing I gained by running sndconfig was that I can play files via XMMS. Just for the heck of it, I tried adding back the ALSA stuff I had previously entered into /etc/modules.conf to see if I could get better results by combining it with the stuff that sndconfig did, but it didn't work. Here are the two variations I tried: ### Start ### alias eth0 3c59x probeall usb-interface usb-uhci alias sound-slot-0 cs4232 options sound dmabuf=1 alias synth0 opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options cs4232 isapnp=1 #ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4232 options snd-cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=3 #OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 #card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss ### End ### and ### Start ### alias eth0 3c59x probeall usb-interface usb-uhci alias sound-slot-0 cs4232 options sound dmabuf=1 alias synth0 opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options cs4232 isapnp=1 #ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236 options snd-cs4236 io=0x534 cport=0x120 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=3 #OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 #card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss ### End ### As I said earlier, neither one of these worked (not that I really expected them to--I was just taking a stab in the dark). Anyway, I was encouraged when I saw that I could play a WAV file in XMMS after running sndconfig, but now I'm not sure what I really gained. I hope this info is helpful to someone that may be able to point me to the next step. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Saturday 06 Mar 2004 01:22, David B. Carter wrote: Derek Jennings said: The modprobe snd-cs-4236 loads the driver. But it will not load on the next boot unless you configure /etc/modules.conf. That is what alsaconf is supposed to do for you, but for some reason alsaconf is unable to detect your soundchip. If you go to http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Cirrus+ Logiccard=CS4236chip=CS4236module=cs4236#modp You will see an example modules.conf configuration for your driver. You could try copying this into your /etc/modules.conf I haven't had a chance yet to try your suggestion, but I tried following the instructions on the ALSA page a few days ago when I was using RedHat 9, and I had no luck. Of course, I used the sample config exactly as is. I didn't try setting any of the options (port, irq, dma, etc.) because I had no idea what to put. Is there any way to determine what IRQ, DMA, etc. the card is currently using so that I can specify those values in modules.conf when the driver loads? Thanks. Given that your soundchip was not detected on installation, or that alsaconf fails to detect it, then I suspect you may may a problem with IRQ conflicts. If you type 'dmesg' in a terminal you will see all the boot messages. If you scroll up you may see some clues. The command 'cat /proc/interrupts' will tell you how IRQs are currently assigned. Things that can resolve interrupt problems are :- 1/ Boot with 'noapic' - In Mandrake Control CentreBootBootloader tick the 'Force No APIC' button This fixes a lot of these sorts of problems. 2/ In your BIOS disable any onboard devices you do not intend to use - This often causes IRQ lines to be allocated differently. 3/ In your BIOS select PnP Operating System =No 4/ If your BIOS allows manual selection of IRQ lines, try allocating a line. If no selection is possible try moving a PCI board to a different slot. Sometimes IRQ lines are allocated according to slot number. If you have your /etc/modules.conf file configured then the driver will load if the card is detected during boot. dmesg will document that happening. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Friday 05 March 2004 08:23 pm, David B. Carter wrote: Mike Adolf said: I have not read all the correspondence on this problem, so I may be suggesting something already tried. I also have the same sound system as you. For a long time I used 4236 driver (on MDK 91) and I could play CDs but nothing else. Once after booting I ran 'dmesg' to see any boot messages. When I booted with a failed driver (ie 46xx) the message suggested I try 4232. I did and everything is much better. xmms works, and kbootle plays DVDs with audio. I also get KDE startup and logoff sound. Try using harddrake to set this driver. That's great! I'll give it a try as soon as I get a chance. Did you run alsaconf to autodetect the card using that driver? Or did you just manually configure it and it worked? I probably won't get a chance to try it tonight, and I'm going to be out of town tomorrow, but I'll report back as soon as I try it. Thanks. I did not do anything with alsa at the time I changed to 4232 using harddrake. But, I may have worked (played) with alsa in earlier attempts on sound. Can't remember. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
Mike Adolf said: That's great! I'll give it a try as soon as I get a chance. Did you run alsaconf to autodetect the card using that driver? Or did you just manually configure it and it worked? I probably won't get a chance to try it tonight, and I'm going to be out of town tomorrow, but I'll report back as soon as I try it. Thanks. I did not do anything with alsa at the time I changed to 4232 using harddrake. But, I may have worked (played) with alsa in earlier attempts on sound. Can't remember. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me :( I tried to run alsaconf using the 4232 drivers, and it hung my machine just like the 4236 did. Then I tried to modeprobe it, and I got a bunch of errors. Then I ran dmesg, and it said that the soundcard was not detected. At least with the 4236, I can load it. Oh well, thanks for the suggestion. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
Derek Jennings said: Given that your soundchip was not detected on installation, or that alsaconf fails to detect it, then I suspect you may may a problem with IRQ conflicts. If you type 'dmesg' in a terminal you will see all the boot messages. If you scroll up you may see some clues Thanks for all the tips, Derek. I just got back into town, and I probably won't have time to try them out until Monday, but I'm looking forward to it, and I will report back as soon as I have tried everything. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Friday 05 Mar 2004 09:20, David B. Carter wrote: Derek Jennings said: On Friday 05 Mar 2004 01:58, David B. Carter wrote: Hi all, I just subscribed to the list today in hopes of finding some help with my problem. I'm a new Linux user who's only been playing with it for a couple of weeks. My first install was RedHat 9. I spent lots of time reading and experimenting, and I finally got it set up pretty well except the sound wouldn't work. Now I just barely isntalled Mandrake 9.2 and I have the same problem. My computer is a Dell GX1 desktop that has been upgraded to a 1Ghz Celeron CPU. It's got 128MB RAM, 10GB hard drive, and the sound is an onboard Crystal CS4236B-KQ chip. When I start up 9.2, it says it's loading Alsa 0.9.6, but, when I get into KDE, I get no sound from XMMS. KMix and alsamixer both show that everything is unmuted and turned up, but no sound. My problem is that I'm such a Linux newbie that I don't know where to go from here. What further info do I need to provide in order for someone to help me? Thanks. I feel stupid because I've read all kinds of stuff the last two days trying to find and answer, but I can't seem to make much sense of it. Welcome to the list. You say there is no sound in xmms, but is there other sound? Can you hear the KDE log on sound? The CS4236 should (I think) load the snd-4236 ALSA driver by default. You can confirm which driver is in use by refferring to the hardware list in Mandrake Conytrol centre. If it is just xmms affected then check the xmms output plugin (Right Click on xmms and select Preferences) Try with the ALSA output plugin. With some sound chips it is necessary to configure the alsa output plugin and select 'AdvancedMmap mode disabled' If that does not work try the OSS output plugin. You might also like to try setting up your KDE sound In KDEControl CentreSoubdSoundSystem select the ALSA sound system. I apologize for misleading everyone, I have loaded 9.2 on two different machines in the last 48 hours, and I must have been thinking of the other one (which is not working either, but that another story for another day) when I said that ALSA is loading on startup. In reality, on this machine, my sound hardware was not automatically detected during the install, and, therefore, there are no sound drivers being loaded at all right now. I have some ALSA packages installed on the system, but nothing is being loaded. Thanks for the suggestions so far. Any further ideas would be greatly appreciated! OK In that case install alsa-utils (and newt if not already installed) Then in a terminal become root (with su) and enter alsaconf A text based GUI will configure your sound modules and write a new /etc/modules.conf file for you. Alsaconf will not copy your existing nonsound module config to the new file so **it is ESSENTIAL** to make a backup first and copy the configuration of your non sound modules back again afterwards. If the sound module still does no load correctly, then I would suspect an IRQ conflict is preventing the sound hardware being identified. That might explain why it was not detected during install. derek BTW: You still have Reply To set in your Squirrelmail email settings. It is not necessary and is a PITA (OptionsPersonal Setting) -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David, could you please remove your reply-to, as it prevents replies going to the list. Further explanation at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette On Friday 05 March 2004 01:58, David B. Carter wrote: My computer is a Dell GX1 desktop that has been upgraded to a 1Ghz Celeron CPU. It's got 128MB RAM, 10GB hard drive, and the sound is an onboard Crystal CS4236B-KQ chip. When I start up 9.2, it says it's loading Alsa 0.9.6, but, when I get into KDE, I get no sound from XMMS. KMix and alsamixer both show that everything is unmuted and turned up, but no sound. My problem is that I'm such a Linux newbie that I don't know where to go from here. Hi, David. What have you tried in xmms? Does it play an mp3 from your hard disk, for instance? Is it audio cds that are affected? What further info do I need to provide in order for someone to help me? First, check the obvious - I was caught out on this recently with a box that I didn't build myself! Is there an audio cable from your cd player to the sound card? Then, go to Configure Your Computer, Hardware, HardDrake. Check that your soundcard is correctly recognised. Click on the soundcard entry and see which driver is being used. Come back when you have checked these and we'll carry on checks. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASGRtkFAvMr/nNX8RAlgEAJ9mxoS0K1elO2HKdVXyBPK4BEW03ACdEExO rLnw26BwqIPnu7HYXK3wDTc= =Jiom -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
Thanks. Derek told me the same thing, so I have taken care of that already. Shouldn't be a problem from now on. Anne Wilson said: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David, could you please remove your reply-to, as it prevents replies going to the list. Further explanation at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette On Friday 05 March 2004 01:58, David B. Carter wrote: My computer is a Dell GX1 desktop that has been upgraded to a 1Ghz Celeron CPU. It's got 128MB RAM, 10GB hard drive, and the sound is an onboard Crystal CS4236B-KQ chip. When I start up 9.2, it says it's loading Alsa 0.9.6, but, when I get into KDE, I get no sound from XMMS. KMix and alsamixer both show that everything is unmuted and turned up, but no sound. My problem is that I'm such a Linux newbie that I don't know where to go from here. Hi, David. What have you tried in xmms? Does it play an mp3 from your hard disk, for instance? Is it audio cds that are affected? What further info do I need to provide in order for someone to help me? First, check the obvious - I was caught out on this recently with a box that I didn't build myself! Is there an audio cable from your cd player to the sound card? Then, go to Configure Your Computer, Hardware, HardDrake. Check that your soundcard is correctly recognised. Click on the soundcard entry and see which driver is being used. Come back when you have checked these and we'll carry on checks. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASGRtkFAvMr/nNX8RAlgEAJ9mxoS0K1elO2HKdVXyBPK4BEW03ACdEExO rLnw26BwqIPnu7HYXK3wDTc=Jiom -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
First on the reply-to issue... I took it out once, but I must have not saved the changes. Sorry. Do I have to take it out of all identities? I would think it only needs to be changed in the one I use for list postings. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Hopefully it won't be a problem for this message. As for alsa-utils, someone else asked me about that, but it is not currently on my system, and when I use RpmDrake to tell me what new packages are available for install, it's not listed there either. Do I need to just download and compile from the ALSA website, or is there another source to get mdk rpms from? If I do need to get it straight from ALSA, do I need to uninstall the current ALSA-related RPMs before doing so? Thanks. Sorry I'm so clueless... Derek Jennings said: On Friday 05 Mar 2004 09:20, David B. Carter wrote: Derek Jennings said: On Friday 05 Mar 2004 01:58, David B. Carter wrote: Hi all, I just subscribed to the list today in hopes of finding some help with my problem. I'm a new Linux user who's only been playing with it for a couple of weeks. My first install was RedHat 9. I spent lots of time reading and experimenting, and I finally got it set up pretty well except the sound wouldn't work. Now I just barely isntalled Mandrake 9.2 and I have the same problem. My computer is a Dell GX1 desktop that has been upgraded to a 1Ghz Celeron CPU. It's got 128MB RAM, 10GB hard drive, and the sound is an onboard Crystal CS4236B-KQ chip. When I start up 9.2, it says it's loading Alsa 0.9.6, but, when I get into KDE, I get no sound from XMMS. KMix and alsamixer both show that everything is unmuted and turned up, but no sound. My problem is that I'm such a Linux newbie that I don't know where to go from here. What further info do I need to provide in order for someone to help me? Thanks. I feel stupid because I've read all kinds of stuff the last two days trying to find and answer, but I can't seem to make much sense of it. Welcome to the list. You say there is no sound in xmms, but is there other sound? Can you hear the KDE log on sound? The CS4236 should (I think) load the snd-4236 ALSA driver by default. You can confirm which driver is in use by refferring to the hardware list in Mandrake Conytrol centre. If it is just xmms affected then check the xmms output plugin (Right Click on xmms and select Preferences) Try with the ALSA output plugin. With some sound chips it is necessary to configure the alsa output plugin and select 'AdvancedMmap mode disabled' If that does not work try the OSS output plugin. You might also like to try setting up your KDE sound In KDEControl CentreSoubdSoundSystem select the ALSA sound system. I apologize for misleading everyone, I have loaded 9.2 on two different machines in the last 48 hours, and I must have been thinking of the other one (which is not working either, but that another story for another day) when I said that ALSA is loading on startup. In reality, on this machine, my sound hardware was not automatically detected during the install, and, therefore, there are no sound drivers being loaded at all right now. I have some ALSA packages installed on the system, but nothing is being loaded. Thanks for the suggestions so far. Any further ideas would be greatly appreciated! OK In that case install alsa-utils (and newt if not already installed) Then in a terminal become root (with su) and enter alsaconf A text based GUI will configure your sound modules and write a new /etc/modules.conf file for you. Alsaconf will not copy your existing nonsound module config to the new file so **it is ESSENTIAL** to make a backup first and copy the configuration of your non sound modules back again afterwards. If the sound module still does no load correctly, then I would suspect an IRQ conflict is preventing the sound hardware being identified. That might explain why it was not detected during install. derek BTW: You still have Reply To set in your Squirrelmail email settings. It is not necessary and is a PITA (OptionsPersonal Setting) -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 05 March 2004 12:27, David B. Carter wrote: First on the reply-to issue... I took it out once, but I must have not saved the changes. Sorry. g We've all dont that at some time. Do I have to take it out of all identities? I would think it only needs to be changed in the one I use for list postings. That's up to you. As it explained on the TWiki, you only actually need it if you send messages from a different identity than the one where you want replies to go. For instance if you send a message from your work box and want the reply to go to your home one. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Hopefully it won't be a problem for this message. It's correct now, thanks. As for alsa-utils, someone else asked me about that, but it is not currently on my system, and when I use RpmDrake to tell me what new packages are available for install, it's not listed there either. Do I need to just download and compile from the ALSA website, or is there another source to get mdk rpms from? If I do need to get it straight from ALSA, do I need to uninstall the current ALSA-related RPMs before doing so? You may not have the right sources set up. There are many more packages available than those on the 3 download disks. Go to http://www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/ and follow the prompts. That will help you set up several new sources. Your programs list available for install will then show packages from all of the sources in one list. Thanks. Sorry I'm so clueless... Been there, done that... BTW, in the same Etiquette link I gave you, it asks you to snip unnecessary bits when you use reply. It's only polite to those on expensive dial-up connections :-) Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASHXrkFAvMr/nNX8RAuCbAJ9TH59+koyIizLso9t2573Wo8s8+wCfcQ9J 34JDKlWlAljjyCs4bVPI9lg= =R4sy -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Friday 05 Mar 2004 12:27, David B. Carter wrote: First on the reply-to issue... I took it out once, but I must have not saved the changes. Sorry. Do I have to take it out of all identities? I would think it only needs to be changed in the one I use for list postings. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Hopefully it won't be a problem for this message. As for alsa-utils, someone else asked me about that, but it is not currently on my system, and when I use RpmDrake to tell me what new packages are available for install, it's not listed there either. Do I need to just download and compile from the ALSA website, or is there another source to get mdk rpms from? If I do need to get it straight from ALSA, do I need to uninstall the current ALSA-related RPMs before doing so? Thanks. Sorry I'm so clueless... alsa-utils is on the install CDs. If it does not show up in rpmdrake then it may be already installed. Or else maybe you only have 1 CD (I am not sure which one it is on) If you cannot locate it just go here using konqueror ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS and click on alsa-utils and it will install. derek Yes your Reply To is fine now. The only circumstance Reply To is ever useful is if you send from one email account, but want replies to come back to a different one. -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
Derek Jennings said: On Friday 05 Mar 2004 12:27, David B. Carter wrote: alsa-utils is on the install CDs. If it does not show up in rpmdrake then it may be already installed. Or else maybe you only have 1 CD (I am not sure which one it is on) If you cannot locate it just go here using konqueror ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS and click on alsa-utils and it will install. OK. I installed alsa-utils (and it dependency - pciutils) from the FTP address you gave above. It installed fine. When I ran alsaconf, it said that no PnP sound cards were detected and asked me if I wanted it to probe for ISA cards. I said OK and picked the CS4236 drivers so it would not probe for everything on the planet. Then it asked me if I wanted it to test all DMA and IRQ combinations. I said OK and it started to probe. It immediately locked up the mouse, and the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboard started blinking, and it hasn't shown any signs of responsding for about 20 minutes now. OK, I went back and rebooted the system and repeated the same procedure but told it not to try all possible DMA/IRQ combinations. Same result. :( Any ideas? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
David B. Carter said: OK. I installed alsa-utils (and it dependency - pciutils) from the FTP address you gave above. It installed fine. When I ran alsaconf, it said that no PnP sound cards were detected and asked me if I wanted it to probe for ISA cards. I said OK and picked the CS4236 drivers so it would not probe for everything on the planet. Then it asked me if I wanted it to test all DMA and IRQ combinations. I said OK and it started to probe. It immediately locked up the mouse, and the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboard started blinking, and it hasn't shown any signs of responsding for about 20 minutes now. OK, I went back and rebooted the system and repeated the same procedure but told it not to try all possible DMA/IRQ combinations. Same result. :( Any ideas? At the urging of someone else who's not on this list, I tried a modprobe snd-cs-4236 I'm not even 100% sure what that does, but, after unmuting several of the main channels (master, pcm, cd, etc.) in alsamixer, I now get CD audio!! Still no audio from digital audio files in XMMS (even after switching to the ALSA output plugin). Any ideas how to proceed? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 05 March 2004 16:26, David B. Carter wrote: At the urging of someone else who's not on this list, I tried a modprobe snd-cs-4236 I'm not even 100% sure what that does, but, after unmuting several of the main channels (master, pcm, cd, etc.) in alsamixer, I now get CD audio!! Good. Still no audio from digital audio files in XMMS (even after switching to the ALSA output plugin). You may be missing some plugins? Have a look at Install Software again, and install anything that starts with xmms and looks useful. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASKtskFAvMr/nNX8RAq72AKCS8o/1TmZ3FPmWgbEHBQLsP2fOwACfdX4e VdxX0Iiw5kdKAfR1437m/sQ= =HQbT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Friday 05 Mar 2004 16:26, David B. Carter wrote: David B. Carter said: OK. I installed alsa-utils (and it dependency - pciutils) from the FTP address you gave above. It installed fine. When I ran alsaconf, it said that no PnP sound cards were detected and asked me if I wanted it to probe for ISA cards. I said OK and picked the CS4236 drivers so it would not probe for everything on the planet. Then it asked me if I wanted it to test all DMA and IRQ combinations. I said OK and it started to probe. It immediately locked up the mouse, and the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboard started blinking, and it hasn't shown any signs of responsding for about 20 minutes now. OK, I went back and rebooted the system and repeated the same procedure but told it not to try all possible DMA/IRQ combinations. Same result. :( Any ideas? At the urging of someone else who's not on this list, I tried a modprobe snd-cs-4236 I'm not even 100% sure what that does, but, after unmuting several of the main channels (master, pcm, cd, etc.) in alsamixer, I now get CD audio!! Still no audio from digital audio files in XMMS (even after switching to the ALSA output plugin). Any ideas how to proceed? Thanks. The modprobe snd-cs-4236 loads the driver. But it will not load on the next boot unless you configure /etc/modules.conf. That is what alsaconf is supposed to do for you, but for some reason alsaconf is unable to detect your soundchip. If you go to http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Cirrus+Logiccard=CS4236chip=CS4236module=cs4236#modp You will see an example modules.conf configuration for your driver. You could try copying this into your /etc/modules.conf derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
