Re: Sound: "no sndstat device", yet there it is: More info
Kent West wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
> > According to the howto I'm following (sortta - it appears to be out of
> > date, maybe?), I'm supposed to be able to give the command "cat
> > /dev/sndstat" and get a list of info on my sound card. Yet when I try, I
> > get "cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device". Yet when I do an "ls -l
> > \dev\snd*" I get:
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 6 Oct 1 16:46 /dev/sndstat
> > which is pretty much what the howto suggests I should get.
> >
> > If I run "saytime" or play some other sound utility, etc, I hear a dit,
> > like something's being played VERY fast, so I suspect it may be related
> > to an IRQ conflict or something, but this is a PCI card (ES137x) which I
> > thought was more or less PnP. Of course I'm still very green in
> > LinuxLand, so it could be something very simple that I'm
> > stupidly/ignorantly overlooking.
> >
> > Apparently the dmesg "queue" has been replaced with other system events
> > since the last reboot; is there anyway I can get to that information
> > without rebooting (after all, reboots are for that other OS...)?
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
>
> I did a "rmmod es1371" and then an "insmod es1371" and then was able to see some info
> via dmesg. dmesg returned:
>
> es1371: unloading
> es1371: version v0.11 time 15:59:48 Sep 10 1999
> es1371: found adapter at io 0x1080 irq 11
> es1371: features: joystick 0x0
> es1371: codec vendor CRY revision 3
> es1371: codec features Headphone out 18bit DAC 18bit ADC
> es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement
> es1371: unloading
> es1370: version v0.20 time 15:59:44 Sep 10 1999
> es1371: version v0.11 time 15:59:48 Sep 10 1999
> es1371: found adapter at io 0x1080 irq 11
> es1371: features: joystick 0x0
> es1371: codec vendor CRY revision 3
> es1371: codec features Headphone out 18bit DAC 18bit ADC
> es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement
>
> Does this look okay?
>
> Related question: Do I need isapnptools for a PCI card (I don't think so). Should
> "pnpdump" return any info on this card? The last line is "#No boards found". Or is
> "pnpdump" just for ISA PnP cards?
>
> Thanks.
This is the configuration of my kernel (as indicated by
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.9/.config):
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=m
CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
and this is the contents of /etc/modules:
#auto
nfs
smbfs
vfat
psaux
serial
lp
3c59x
es1371
I've tried an "insmod sound" (as per some HOWTOs), but all I get back is:
insmod: sound: no module by that name found
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