Audio on Ultra2?

[Thomas Köllmann <koellmann@gmx.net>]

Hi, everybody!

I need some help to get my Ultra2 (running Sarge) play music instead of
only making high-frequency noise...

I have configured xmms to use the "OSS Driver 1.2.10" output plugin and
I have confirmed that the mp3 files I tried are ok -- I can play them on
a x86 box. The noise starts with a some-seconds delay after I press the
play button, and I get there errors in .xsession-errors:

** WARNING **: SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT ioctl failed: Invalid argument

** WARNING **: SNDCTL_DSP_SPEED ioctl failed: Invalid argument

It is true that I should not need ALSA or whatnot on an Ultra2, isn't
it?

Here some things I thought might be relevant:

thk@starbuck:~$ uname -a
Linux starbuck 2.4.27-1-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Mon Aug 23 23:23:19 PDT 2004
sparc64 GNU/Linux

thk@starbuck:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
cs4231                 21936   0
audio                  23744   1 [cs4231]

thk@starbuck:~$ audioctl -a
name=SUNW,CS4231
version=a
config=onboard1
encodings=not yet implemented
monitor_gain=0
output_muted=0
play.rate=8000
play.channels=1
play.precision=8
play.encoding=ulaw
play.gain=128
play.balance=32
play.port=0x2 (headphone (0x2))
play.avail_ports=0x7 (speaker (0x1)|headphone (0x2)|line out
(0x4)|line_out (0x4))
play.samples=209699512
play.eof=0
play.pause=0
play.error=1
play.waiting=0
play.open=0
play.active=0
play.buffer_size=0
record.rate=8000
record.channels=1
record.precision=8
record.encoding=ulaw
record.gain=127
record.balance=32
record.port=0x1 (microphone (0x1))
record.avail_ports=0x47 (microphone (0x1)|line in (0x2)|line_in
(0x2)|internal cd (0x4)|internal_cd (0x4)|analog loopback
(0x40)|analog_loopback (0x40))
record.samples=10486288
record.eof=0
record.pause=0
record.error=160
record.waiting=0
record.open=0
record.active=0
record.buffer_size=0
record.errors=0

(I have successfully set output to headphones here.)

Thanks a lot,
 - Thomas


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