Re: Got sound going on a U60 debian smp
IT WORKS!
for those of you trying to get this working this is how my workstation
configs look
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#lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
cs4231 21936 1
audio 23744 2 [cs4231]
openprom 5312 0 (autoclean)
lp 8728 0 (autoclean)
parport 34064 0 (autoclean) [lp]
autofs4 10236 0 (unused)
hid 17336 0 (unused)
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to get modules loaded I used
insmod audio
insmod cs4231 (chipset module for ultra's)
and I removed all dodgy ones for my box (soundcore, ac97_codec <- We
have blade100's which require these)
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# more /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.
alias sound-slot-0 cs4231
alias sound-service-0-3 cs4231
alias /dev/sound sound-slot-0
alias /dev/audio /dev/sound
alias /dev/mixer /dev/sound
alias /dev/dsp /dev/sound
alias /dev/dspW /dev/sound
alias /dev/midi /dev/sound
more /etc/default/audioctl
#
# Defaults for audiocl
#
# This file is part of sparc-utils package.
# List of fields to be tuned:
#
# monitor_gain input to output mix (0-255)
# output_muted 1=muted, 0=not muted
#
# play.gain gain level (0-255)
# play.balance stereo channel balance
# play.port 'speaker', 'headphone', 'line_out'
# play.pause 1=pause, 0=resume
# play.buffer_size input buffer size in bytes
#
# Note that some field values are reset on device open and/or close. It is
# especially true for play.encoding, play.sample_rate, play.channels and
# play.precision, therefore setting them at boot time is not very useful.
# Same apply on record fields.
#
# record.gain gain level (0-255)
# record.balance stereo channel balance
# record.port 'microphone', 'line_in', 'internal_cd',
'analog_loopback'
# record.pause 1=pause, 0=resume
# record.buffer_size output buffer size in bytes
#
# Fill in PARAMS variable with a set of field=value assignments.
#
# Example:
#
PARAMS="play.port=line_out record.port=line_in play.gain=50"
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To get it playing actual music I had to restart
restart audioctl
installed alsaplayer and it works.
It plays beautifully.
Thanks Steve.
Steve Pacenka wrote:
after checking modprobe -v cs4231
I got some errors showing that this wasn't working at all ... (missing
symbols etc..)
I just went back to Debian's 2.4.27-1-sparc64-smp on my U60 (normally I
use a 2.6.8 to get USB2), and the cs4231 module loads and works. I
loaded it with modprobe then reran /etc/init.d/audioctl start .
I then found some info on the module you suggested cs4231 and followed a
couple of steps to get my card producing output
rmmod soundcore
insmod audio
insmod cs4231
That looks good.
audioctl -f /dev/audio -w play.port=headphone
I don't think /dev/audio is relevant here.
Maybe try
audioctl -w play.port=headphone
There are examples of how to set PARAMS in /etc/default/audioctl . The
initscript for audioctl runs something like
audioctl -nw $PARAMS
and PARAMS is set in /etc/default/audioctl . Not too complicated.
lsmod output showed
Module Size Used by Not tainted
cs4231 21936 0
audio 23744 1 [cs4231]
ac97_codec 16752 0 (unused)
openprom 5312 0 (autoclean)
lp 8728 0 (autoclean)
parport 34064 0 (autoclean) [lp]
autofs4 10236 0 (unused)
hid 17336 0 (unused)
Get rid of ac97_codec .
I was wondering what exactly to put in here and how this works
I still have to track down some documentation for this but I found
someone elses config that had the following in it
char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 cs4232
alias sound-service-0-0 sound # mixer
alias sound-service-0-3 sound # /dev/dsp & /dev/audio
alias sound-service-0-6 sound # /dev/sndstat
options cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 # numbers may vary
You shouldn't need add any of that for the built-in sound, if you
include cs4231 in /etc/modules .
This is probably wrong for my setup but I ithink I need to understand
whats going on before I go down this road.
like wise for this recomendation
Have you set the PARAMS variable
PARAMS="play.port=line_out"
in /etc./default/audioctl ?
Thanks for this info I will try to find some documentation on these
files and parameters and go from there.
The file /etc/default/audioctl contains many instructive comments.
I am now working on the following.
1. Get the sound card playing raw at the correct level.
2. get xmms working with the sound card ... Currently raw files work
but I think I am having issues using OSS pointing at /dev/audio (producing
noise not music (could be sending wrong format to the device)
If /dev/audio doesn't work, maybe /dev/dsp will.
Try alsaplayer instead of xmms. I have had mixed results with xmms, but
alsaplayer always works.
-- good luck, SP
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