Re: ES 1370 not functioning (should never have been es1371 not functioning - sorry)
Andrew R Reid wrote:
> This has been bugging me for months - so I want to fix it.
>
> I have an ES1370 on my server that I would really like to get going
so that
> when I work on it on weekends I can have nice sounds when I an in
gnome ;-)
>
> This is the result of lspci -v
>
> 02:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Unknown device 4942:4c4c
> Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 208, IRQ 23
> I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
>
The IRQ looks wrong to me. Check the BIOS setting for "PnP OS". It
should be set to "off" or "no"
> when I do a modprobe es1371 I get this
>
> Nov 27 17:07:04 cpserver kernel: es1370: version v0.37 time 12:29:49
Apr 14
> 2002
> Nov 27 17:07:04 cpserver kernel: es1370: found adapter at io 0x3000
irq 23
> Nov 27 17:07:04 cpserver kernel: es1370: features: joystick off, line in,
> mic impedance 0
>
> I did have a lot of settings in my /etc/modutils/es1371 file, but I
deleted
> them because I really didn't know what was going on and thought I
would be
> better to start from scratch.
>
> I know I will need a
> alias char-major-14 es1370
>
I haven't done this here... What does it do?
> what I want to know is
> 1. Do I need an alias like alias /dev/dsp ?
No. Once the card is "working" this is set up here.
> 2. What is the difference between sound and soundcore modules. Whenever I
> insmod sound it never gets used.
Dunno... The only module I have loaded here is the es1370. The rest
(soundcore, etc) get pulled in also...sort of a "dependency". I believe
things like the mixer, /dev/dsp/ etc are setup in those modules. Here
are the relevant pieces of my current "lsmod" on a 2.4.19-686 kernel:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
es1370 24620 0
soundcore 3556 4 [es1370]
gameport 1484 0 [es1370]
> 3. How come I can't test my sound card with sndconfig (ie apt-get install
> sndconfig) even though this command worked with Red Hat years ago
when I was
> using that. When I run it it detects the card, but stops responding
when it
> tries to play a sound.
I just installed it here, and it worked fine! I heard Linux talking..
I suspect it might have something to do with the IRQ setting, maybe.
> 4. Do I need to load any other modules to support this card?
no. All I had loaded (before istalling sndconfig) was the es1370 module.
> 5. Do I need and pre-install lines in my modules configuration
The sndconfig program did some of this, but I didn't have it before and
I can't tell any difference in operation.
> 6. Any other things that might help me with this confounded problem.
>
Not that I can think of at the moment. All my ideas are contained above!
-Don Spoon-
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