Re: ES1869 sound chip driver
checking further, under /proc/misc, I see
1 psaux
/proc/dma shows
1: SoundBlaster8
4: cascade
Thanks much,
Russ
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Russ Cook wrote:
> Thanks! Xmms has the same problem - repeating portions of the audio
> multiple times before moving to the next portion. I checked the system
> log with dmesg as suggested and get the following indicators:
>
> SB 3.01 detected OK (220)
> ESS chip ES1869 specified
> sb: Interrupt test on IRQ7 failed - Probable IRQ conflict
> <ESS ES1869 AudioDrive (rev 11) (3.01)> at ox220 irq 7 dma 1,5
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
>
> Last line repeated numerous times.
>
> Looking at /proc/interrupts shows:
> 0: 5227309 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 1430 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 7: 0 XT-PIC soundblaster
> 11: 5831 XT-PIC eth0
> 12: 30743 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> 14: 26632 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 1 XT-PIC ide1
> NMI: 0
> ERR: 0
>
> Can anyone help further, or recommend what to check next?
>
> Thanks much,
> Russ
>
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Geek Assault wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 04:32:43PM -0600, Russ Cook wrote:
> > > I have recompiled my kernel, including SB support as a module. Using
> > > modprobe SB esstype=1869 now gives me sound. However, when I play
> > > a wave file, I get choppy, repetitive cuts. I'm using the program
> > > wavp. It seems to play each portion approximately 4 times before
> > > moving on to the next segment. The utility 'saytime' works, but
> > > runs with long pauses before each word. Much slower than with my
> > > other machine, using a Gravis Ultrasound card.
> > >
> > > Can you offer any tips for tuning up what I have? Thanks much,
> > > Russ
> > I suppose xmms will be of most use to you / a video player maybe. Do you
> > experience the same problems with them to ? Or is it just this one program
> > that bothers you ?
> > If you want to track down the problem, you might want to have a look at your
> > dmesg (dmesg | tail -n 50) if the sb drivers doesn't drop any errors over
> > there.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > --
> > It is, of course, a bit of a drawback that science was invented after I left school. -- Lord Carrington
> >
>
>
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