Re: Gentoo sound card problems - solved

2006-02-07 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 1:19 am, Ross Drummond wrote: > Yes rebooted and it now sort of works with manual modprobing the driver > module. > > This is an improvement on the previous where it was compiled in, and would > not work at all. > > Setting it up to work properly will be thrown open to all as a

Re: Gentoo sound card problems - solved

2006-02-07 Thread Ross Drummond
Yes rebooted and it now sort of works with manual modprobing the driver module. This is an improvement on the previous where it was compiled in, and would not work at all. Setting it up to work properly will be thrown open to all as a challenge at next weeks meeting. Cheers Ross Drummond . O

Re: Gentoo sound card problems - solved

2006-02-07 Thread Robert Himmelmann
. Cheers Ross Drummond On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:05, you wrote: I am experimenting with a Gentoo install. It is all going fine except for the sound card. I can not get it to work. Can you help? Details below; Happy Hacking, Robert J. C. Himmelmann

Re: Gentoo sound card problems - solved

2006-02-01 Thread Ross Drummond
Recompiled the kernel with sound drivers as modules, ran alsaconf and it now just works. Thanks all for your help. Cheers Ross Drummond On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:05, you wrote: > I am experimenting with a Gentoo install. It is all going fine except for > the sound card. I can not get it t

Re: Gentoo sound card problems

2006-01-31 Thread Jamie Dobbs
the sound card. I can not get it to work. Can you help? Details below; lspci :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02) from the dot config file; # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=y # # Advanced Linux Sound Architecture # CONFIG_SND=y CONFIG_SND_TI

Gentoo sound card problems

2006-01-31 Thread Ross Drummond
I am experimenting with a Gentoo install. It is all going fine except for the sound card. I can not get it to work. Can you help? Details below; lspci :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02) from the dot config file; # Sound # CONFIG_SO

Re: sound card

2005-08-18 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 23:03 +1200, John Mallett wrote: > I have had problems with recording and linux. Basicalt the sound level is > really low. Even when I have the mic level in alsa turned up full volume > > Has anyone else had this problem. > > And what can you do to fix it Are you recor

sound card

2005-08-18 Thread John Mallett
I have had problems with recording and linux. Basicalt the sound level is really low. Even when I have the mic level in alsa turned up full volume Has anyone else had this problem. And what can you do to fix it

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-05 Thread Wayne Rooney
On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:25, Nick Rout wrote: > I have a box that has an alsa sound card. It works in knoppix, but I > suspect that is oss as the modules is called sb, which doesn't sound > like a alsa module to me. > > I have done pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf > > When

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-05 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 22:50 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > If Nick is using the box I think he is using Thats the machine, the Compaq AP500 dual pentium. (being put to good use collecting iso's for the gentoofest thingy) > then I can confirm that the > isa sound card seemed to

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Fisher
If Nick is using the box I think he is using then I can confirm that the isa sound card seemed to work with some distros but not others (easily). I used the same machine as a Gentoo server without the need to have sound but the bios must be OK for some distros to work "out of the box"

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:52, Nick Rout wrote: > Getting into the bios requires setting up a couple of floppies, the > images for which are contained in a dos executable (bloody compaq G) O I C, my sympathies! I assume they are selfextracting archives hidden in .exe files? If so you can usually e

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-04 Thread Robert Fisher
Could this machine be a Compaq AP500? I can acquire the floppies (or you could pick them up from a place in Moorhouse Ave) - I have just phoned to check they are still there. On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 16:52 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > Getting into the bios requires setting up a couple of floppies, the

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
Getting into the bios requires setting up a couple of floppies, the images for which are contained in a dos executable (bloody compaq G) Do I have a dos computer with a floppy drive handy? Well yes I can sort that, even if I had to download freedos. Do I have any working floppies? Always deba

Re: isa sound card revisited

2005-04-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:25, Nick Rout wrote: > Can anyone help me get this to go? Have you got the bios setting for a pnp o/s set? -- C. S.

isa sound card revisited

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
I have a box that has an alsa sound card. It works in knoppix, but I suspect that is oss as the modules is called sb, which doesn't sound like a alsa module to me. pnpdump (stripped of comments) looks like this, and I assume therefore that it is a ess1869, and that the es18xx module is the o

Re: PCi Sound card problem, was ISA

2005-04-03 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:37:53 + (GMT) j.visch wrote: > > I tried ... > > modinfo snd-cmipci > filename:/lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/kernel/sound/pci/snd-cmipci.o > description: "C-Media CMI8x38 PCI" > author: "Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > license: "GPL" > parm:sn

Re: PCi Sound card problem, was ISA

2005-04-03 Thread j . visch
> > On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:16:07 + (GMT) > j.visch wrote: > > > Following recommendation from members to splash out and spend an extra 20 > > dollars > > I bought a new pci sound card, now it does come with sound drivers but they > > require

Re: PCi Sound card problem, was ISA

2005-04-03 Thread j . visch
> > On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:16:07 + (GMT) > j.visch wrote: > > > Following recommendation from members to splash out and spend an extra 20 > > dollars > > I bought a new pci sound card, now it does come with sound drivers but they > > require

Re: PCi Sound card problem, was ISA

2005-04-03 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:16:07 + (GMT) j.visch wrote: > Following recommendation from members to splash out and spend an extra 20 > dollars > I bought a new pci sound card, now it does come with sound drivers but they > require > reconfiguring the kernel which I always h

PCi Sound card problem, was ISA

2005-04-03 Thread j . visch
Following recommendation from members to splash out and spend an extra 20 dollars I bought a new pci sound card, now it does come with sound drivers but they require reconfiguring the kernel which I always hate doing. Yast sees the sound card but again I get the skipping record effect dmesg

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> > On Fri, April 1, 2005 3:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Has anyone suggested booting the PC with Knoppix to see if the card > >> works - > >> hardware detection can sometimes be quite good in Knoppix. May save > >> some > >> time if it turns out to be a dud card, on the other hand i

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, April 1, 2005 3:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> Has anyone suggested booting the PC with Knoppix to see if the card >> works - >> hardware detection can sometimes be quite good in Knoppix. May save >> some >> time if it turns out to be a dud card, on the other hand inspires >> confidenc

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> Has anyone suggested booting the PC with Knoppix to see if the card works - > hardware detection can sometimes be quite good in Knoppix. May save some > time if it turns out to be a dud card, on the other hand inspires confidence > to know that it works if it fires up OK . Sadly my only co

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> Hi, > Quick recap: there are glitches in the audio played by this sound card. > That suggests to me that ioport/irq are correct. > > If you switch to console only (run level 3) and type > play audiofile.wav > > is there any significant difference in the glit

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread sirlancelot
worth - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: Re: problem with isa sound card > > Is this a problem that has suddenly developed? > > No, I am putting togther a pc for my sister, went to computer broker and bought $5 > sound card. > > > >

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> Hi, > Quick recap: there are glitches in the audio played by this sound card. > That suggests to me that ioport/irq are correct. > > If you switch to console only (run level 3) and type > play audiofile.wav > > is there any significant difference in the glit

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, Quick recap: there are glitches in the audio played by this sound card. That suggests to me that ioport/irq are correct. If you switch to console only (run level 3) and type play audiofile.wav is there any significant difference in the glitch pattern ? I am wondering if the system is

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
o. There are oss drivers for his old card, but I'm not so sure about there > being something suitable in the alsa lineup. > > I'm pretty sure that the difficulty is that he has not set up the ioports and > > irq settings correctly - to say nothing of dma channel for the

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> > 5: 1 XT-PIC ES18xx > > > 0220-022f : ES18xx > > These are the values where the card driver expects them to be, and which > the driver registered with the kernel. How confident are you that the > card does in fact have its IRQ and IO range at these places? It is

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> 5: 1 XT-PIC ES18xx > 0220-022f : ES18xx These are the values where the card driver expects them to be, and which the driver registered with the kernel. How confident are you that the card does in fact have its IRQ and IO range at these places? I'm asking because just yes

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
ulty is that he has not set up the ioports and irq settings correctly - to say nothing of dma channel for the sound card. Particularly the latter. > Frankly another few dollars would buy a PCI sound card. It depends how > much you value your time I guess :) I think he's retired so time is

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>From the below I am guessing I must be using oss. > > > > > > Nope, that's alsa stuff. > > > > > > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep sound > > > > soundcore 3396 0 [snd] > > > >

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Nick Rout
ase refer to > > file:///usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/oss/ESS1 > and > file:///usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/oss/ESS1868 That will be of little use as he is using alsa Frankly another few dollars would buy a PCI sound card. It depends how much you value your time I guess :)

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>From the below I am guessing I must be using oss. > > > > Nope, that's alsa stuff. > > > > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep sound > > > soundcore 3396 0 [snd] > > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmo

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> Is this a problem that has suddenly developed? No, I am putting togther a pc for my sister, went to computer broker and bought $5 sound card.

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Nick Rout
Is this a problem that has suddenly developed? On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:32:01 +1200 Rex Johnston wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>From the below I am guessing I must be using oss. > -- Nick Rout

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>From the below I am guessing I must be using oss. > > Nope, that's alsa stuff. > > > > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep sound > > soundcore 3396 0 [snd] > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep snd > > snd-pcm-oss458

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> I have always used sndconfig to configure ISA sound cards. > > I think it's a RedHat program, but seems to work with any distro. > > Last time I looked version 0.7 was current, but I got better results > using v0.67 (which I've kept from RedHat6.0) > > Let me know if you'd like to give

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Rex Johnston
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the below I am guessing I must be using oss. Nope, that's alsa stuff. linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep sound soundcore 3396 0 [snd] linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep snd snd-pcm-oss45888 1 (autoclean) snd-mixer-oss 135

RE: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
, > > > and what sound system are you using? > > > > Do you mean the sound card? In which case ES18xx, if you mean the software > > alsa I think via xmms. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Derek Smithies Ph.D.

RE: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Derek Smithies
| grep snd | wc -l 12 - lots of alsa type things loaded. Derek. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > and what sound system are you using? > > Do you mean the sound card? In which case ES18xx, if you mean the software > alsa I think via xmms. &g

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread yuri
I think Mr Visch got caught out by the gmail reply-to header. I'm guessing this was meant to go to the list. > Please post output of > cat /proc/interrupts > (I think, I'm not at home to see if that's the right one) CPU0 0: 177230 XT-PIC timer 1:310 XT-PI

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Ross Drummond
f sanity is beg borrow or steal a PCI sound card. Cheers Ross Drummond On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sounds like a skipping record, searched google which says it is due to > interrupt problem but am unsure of how to fix. Using Suse 8.2 > > Any suggestions appreciated.

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread Glenn Cogle
config a go and I'll mail it to you (~300kb) GC On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:20:14 + (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > and what sound system are you using? > > Do you mean the sound card? In which case ES18xx, if you mean the software > alsa I think via xmms. > >

RE: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> Hi, > and what sound system are you using? Do you mean the sound card? In which case ES18xx, if you mean the software alsa I think via xmms.

RE: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-31 Thread j . visch
> Check your bios settings for IRQ, and your dmesg on boot for any errors. > Cat /proc/interrupts too to see if theres anything amiss. > > Failing that, get a PCI card :) That would cost more than the computer, but yeah I am considering that as a possible solution.

RE: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-30 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, and what sound system are you using? Derek. == On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, C. Falconer wrote: > Check your bios settings for IRQ, and your dmesg on boot for any errors. > Cat /proc/interrupts too to see if theres anything amiss. > > Failing that, get a PCI card :) > > Sounds like a ski

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-30 Thread Nick Rout
cat /proc/interrupts and see if there is a conflict. also dmesg|grep irq On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:37:04 + (GMT) j.visch wrote: > Sounds like a skipping record, searched google which says it is due to > interrupt problem but am unsure of how to fix. Using Suse 8.2 > > Any suggestions app

RE: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-30 Thread C. Falconer
-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: problem with isa sound card Sounds like a skipping record, searched google which says it is due to interrupt problem but am unsure of how to fix. Using Suse 8.2 Any suggestions appreciated.

Re: problem with isa sound card

2005-03-30 Thread yuri
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:37:04 + (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sounds like a skipping record, searched google which says it is due to > interrupt problem but am unsure of how to fix. Using Suse 8.2 > > Any suggestions appreciated. Please post output of cat /proc/interrupts (I think, I'm not

problem with isa sound card

2005-03-30 Thread j . visch
Sounds like a skipping record, searched google which says it is due to interrupt problem but am unsure of how to fix. Using Suse 8.2 Any suggestions appreciated.

Re: sound card help

2003-07-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:59:54 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:30, you wrote: > > Thanks for your answers. > > what distribution would you suggest I use in place of LRP thatuses a > > newer kernel? > If you would like to make a fully customised embedded

Re: sound card help

2003-07-27 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:30, you wrote: > Thanks for your answers. > what distribution would you suggest I use in place of LRP thatuses a newer > kernel? If you would like to make a fully customised embedded pro{duct,ject} I'd be tempted to get a copy of the Linux From Scratch documents. http://www.

Re: sound card help

2003-07-26 Thread Jonathan Flint
used by the OS) cheers -Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:42:39 +1200 Subject: Re: sound card help On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:37, you wrote: > To answer this question, no I am not using it as a "norma

Re: sound card help

2003-07-24 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:37, you wrote: > To answer this question, no I am not using it as a "normal all function > distro", but as part of an embedded MP3 player system, hence the need to > reduce space wasted by the operating system. Ah! The logic gels. I'd suggest you update to some similar sys

Re: Re: sound card help

2003-07-24 Thread Jonathan Flint
PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:50:23 +1200 Subject: Re: sound card help On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:12, you wrote: > at the moment i'm trying to configure my Yamaha YMF719 (OPL3-sax) card to > work with LRP but keep getting the error "can't open /dev/dsp!". Just checkin

Re: Nick's link (was sound card help)

2003-07-24 Thread Nick Rout
re its permissions? > >does the user trying to access /dev/dsp have the appropriate > >permissions? > >what driver are you using? (kenel, alsa etc) > >is the driver in the kernel or modularised? (grep -i modulname > >/usr/src/.config) > >are you sure it is the right

RE: Nick's link (was sound card help)

2003-07-24 Thread Luuk Paulussen
s. From: "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: sound card help Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:37:24 +1200 I loved this excerpt from Nick's linkregarding replies including RTFM and STFW . you will learn more i

RE: sound card help

2003-07-24 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sound card help On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:12:47 + Jonathan Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > at the moment i'm trying to configure my Yamaha YMF719 (OPL3-sax) card > to work with LRP but keep getting the error "can't

Re: sound card help

2003-07-24 Thread Nick Rout
e it is the right driver for this card? if it is modularised, is the module loaded? (lsmod) if not, can you successfully modprobe or insmod it? what parameters does the module take and are they being loaded correctly? (modinfo) is the sound card seen at all by the kernel? (dmesg|less) is it listed by

Re: sound card help

2003-07-24 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:12, you wrote: > at the moment i'm trying to configure my Yamaha YMF719 (OPL3-sax) card to > work with LRP but keep getting the error "can't open /dev/dsp!". Just checking is this the distro you are talking about? Linux Router Project http://www.linuxrouter.org/ LRP is sm

sound card help

2003-07-24 Thread Jonathan Flint
at the moment i'm trying to configure my Yamaha YMF719 (OPL3-sax) card to work with LRP but keep getting the error "can't open /dev/dsp!". I've tried compiling the kernel with IRQ and I/O settings that were used by Windows 98 to make the card run properly. Is there any way to get this card wor

Re: Sound Card

2001-11-12 Thread Peter Elliott
th linux BUT as soon as they start mucking about with it - making a genric thing proprietry - all sortsa complexities get introduced into the equation . not fun! as for the creative beast: i've been running a creative vibra128 pci sound card (chipset's the ensoniq es1371) since june