Re: es1371

[csj <csj@mindgate.net>]

Funny, but I have an ES1371 card and I didn't have to recompile. The debian 
installer took care of it (with some gentle prodding).

Vendor: Ensoniq
Model: ES1371 (AudioPCI-97)
Kernel Module: es1371
Bus Type: PCI

On Tuesday 12 December 2000 18:43, Manegold wrote:
> romain lerallut wrote:
> > Hello debian-users !
> >
> > I have a problem using a es1371 sound card (it's really a SB128 PCI).
> > In a nutshell: the system can't talk to the card...
> >
> > I am using woody and a kernel 2.2.17
> >
> > Here's what I did:
> >
> > recompiling the kernel (sound support: module , es1371: module )
> >  es1371.o and soundcore.o are in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc,  OK
> >
> > reboot.
> >
> > I see something flashing about a char-major-14 but It's too fast.
> >  adding a "alias char-major-14 es1371" to the /etc/modutils/aliases
> >  seems to have fixed it. At least I don't get that error anymore.
> > (I got this in reading Documentation/sound/Introduction in the kernel
> > source tree.)
> >
> > the es1371 driver gets loaded, no complaint
> > "es1371:  es1371 card found rev8, io=0xe000 , IRQ=11 "  and so on.
> > the card is in /proc/pci
> >
> > lsmod shows:
> > es1371  0   unused
> > soundcore  4  [es1371]
> >
> > It seems fine until  now.(at least to me)
> >
> > BUT
> > - there's nothing in /dev/sndstat  (the file "exists" but cat
> > /dev/sndstat say no such device) - there's no /proc/sound file
> > AND
> > - if I try to use the sound card the whole system freezes.( I experience
> > it mostly with xmms1.2.3 )
> >
> > I'd REALLY appreciate someone who uses an es1371 to tell me exactly what
> > I'm missing (option something or other).
> > I've already  RTFMed  /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/es1371 , but
> > there's scarcely any info in there.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Romain
> >
> > PS: i've this sndconfig lurking around, is it useful ?
>
> Hi!
> I have a SB128 working. However I compiled the es1371 into the kernel,
> since I had problems with it as a module (don't remember what was the
> reason, if I ever found it). Even that way it did not work initially. I
> later found out, that my BIOS settings were at fault, since PnP was
> enabled and that way the kernel did not see the SB. Now it's working.
> You might also try the es1370 driver, since The SB128 can supposedly
> also contain that chip.
>
> BTW. You can look at the output during boot with "dmsg"
>
> HTH
> Thorsten