Re: trident: incredibly crappy sound
Hi
I've got the same card
#lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 21)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio
Accelerator (rev 02)
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator
after a brief fight with alsa-source
#uname -r
2.4.16-686
#lsmod | grep snd
snd-seq-midi 3136 0 (autoclean) (unused)
snd-synth-trident 6976 1 (autoclean)
snd-seq-instr 4208 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-trident]
snd-ainstr-simple 1412 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-trident]
snd-seq-midi-emul 4416 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-trident]
snd-seq-oss 22080 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 2792 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 32780 3 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-trident snd-seq-instr
snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 34400 0
snd-mixer-oss 8608 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-card-trident 1792 0
snd-trident 20096 0 [snd-synth-trident snd-card-trident]
snd-pcm 46176 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-trident]
snd-timer 9056 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-util-mem 1184 0 [snd-trident]
snd-ac97-codec 22848 0 [snd-trident]
snd-mpu401-uart 2544 0 [snd-card-trident snd-trident]
snd-rawmidi 11456 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3744 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-trident snd-seq-oss snd-seq
snd-trident snd-rawmidi]
snd 23336 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-trident snd-seq-instr
snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-trident
snd-trident snd-pcm snd-timer snd-util-mem snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi
snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3556 7 [snd]
problems:
- can't turn the volume up too much. I get distorted sound if the volume is > 95%
- alsa is very kernel specific and will need complete sources of your kernel as
sources for alsa
HTH
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M.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 08:05:19PM +0100, martin f krafft decided to write thus:
> by now, i have two of those SiS chipset pieces of crap under my
> control... but what do you do if someone offers a $300 computer with
> 1.8GHz, 1Gb RAM, 16x CD-RW, DVD, and a 60Gb Hdd???
>
> anyway, both are equipped with the SiS 630 chipset, and both "feature"
> the SiS 7018 audio controller (it's just not a soundcard...):
>
> 00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)
>
> according to various sources, the kernel config help, and alsa, the
> responsible driver is the trident driver, available as a kernel
> option/module, and with alsa.
>
> now i tried all, the kernel's trident.o, compiling into the kernel, and
> alsa, but with all permutations and combinations, i get the crappiest
> output that i've ever heard. it's all thoroughly distorted so you can
> almost not make out what you are listening to.
>
> with one of the two systems, i did manage to get sound working every now
> and then, magically switching at boot-time to either of distorted or
> not. with the other system, i just haven't suceeded at all yet. in any
> case, i want this crap to stop, i want to be able to modprobe or
> /etc/init.d/alsa start and have working sound.
>
> has anyone else experienced these problems too? how can i fix this?
> because it did work before, and because there are two systems involved,
> purchased separately, i argue that this must be not (only) hardware, but
> software as well.
>
> any help appreciated.
>
> (don't go with SiS chipsets...)
>
> --
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