Re: Sound: "no sndstat device", yet there it is: Even More info
Kent West wrote:
> 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
The results of "cat /proc/modules":
es1371 22444 0
vmnet 9840 4
vmmon 14404 1
nls_cp437 3580 1 (autoclean)
soundcore 2340 4 [es1371]
3c59x 18696 1
vfat 11292 1
fat 24608 1 [vfat]
smbfs 26808 2
nfs 30584 0 (unused)
lockd 31784 0 [nfs]
sunrpc 53508 0 [nfs lockd]
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