Re: Sound ES1371 issues

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Phil Brutsche wrote:

> <snip>

> > > > When I "cat wls.wav > /dev/dsp" I get nasty squeals. When I "cat jesus.au
> > > > > /dev/dsp" I get rough-sounding but more-or-less intelligible sound.
> > > >
> > > > "saytime" sometimes results in a quick blip, sometimes in a choppy "The time
> > > > is now four-twenty-blip".
> > >
> > > That sounds like the driver.  What kernel revision are you using?
> > >
> >
> > 2.2.9
>
> Try upgrading to a newer kernel - I've had good results with kernels newer
> than 2.2.10 (the card was unusable with anything older) as well as with
> 2.3.x.
>
> [...]
>
> > es1371: version v0.11 time 13:52:44 Feb 16 2000
> > 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
>
> I get the same info.
>
> > and a little further down is:
> >
> > es1371: dma timed out??
> > es1371: dma timed out??
> > es1371: dma timed out??
>
> I used to see those until I upgraded the kernel (iirc, it's been quite a
> while since I've had to think about this sound card not working :))
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Phil Brutsche                                   pbrutsch@creighton.edu
>
> "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
> universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

Okay, I'll try a newer version and let you know. Thanks!