Bob Lockie writes: > Jesse Marlin wrote: > > >Bob Lockie writes: > > > Jesse Marlin wrote: > > > > > > >I am not sure how else to describe it other than it is very erratic > > > >sounding like it is having IRQ problems of some kind. I have seem > > > >some past posts on this, and wonder if there is any solution to it. > > > >The soundcard is IRQ sharing with a USB bus which is not used at all, > > > >and eth0 which is used on IRQ 10. If it is some IRQ problem related > > > >to eth0, is it possible to force the sound card to another IRQ > > > >(through the bios)? Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > My card is on my mainboard and doesn't IRQ share. > > > Check your BIOS for an option to not share the IRQ. > > > Maybe there is some setup program that you can run to change the IRQ it > > > uses. > > > What device is it sharing with? > > > >It is sharing with USB OHCI driver which is not used currently, and > >eth0 which is used. I noticed the effect when I was playing a game > >over the network. Without the sound driver loaded the game was > >smooth. But when loaded it became jerky and the audio was choppy. > > > >I looked last night for a BIOS setting and there is not one. The USB, > >eth0, and sound card seem to be all sharing IRQ 10, and the BIOS knows > >about it, but it does not look like I can change its mind. I'll look > >again, but there is no obvious "Disable IRQ Sharing" option. Thanks. > > > > > What mb do you have? > I have an ECS K7S5A. > My eth0, USB, and SCSI are IRQ 5. > My USB (other port), and sound (SiS 7012) is IRQ 11. > I have no problems. > Check for an updated BIOS.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0651 (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5591/5592 AGP 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 (rev 04) 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0) 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f) 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f) 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f) 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 7002 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:10.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti4600] (rev a3) CPU0 0: 3132415 XT-PIC timer 1: 11 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 0 XT-PIC usb-ohci 10: 5858 XT-PIC eth0, usb-ohci, SiS SI7012 11: 0 XT-PIC usb-ohci 14: 7414 XT-PIC ide0 15: 72 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 Its the SiS651 chipset on a Shuttle MB. I'll definitely look for an update. I am having to use 2.4.20-pre11 just to get the 8139too ethernet interface working right. Thanks for the help. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user