On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 19:47, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Mon Jun 30, 2003 at 10:27:23AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Got the parts in to repair my laptop.... So the first thing I did was > > reload the OS as the / partition got mighty hosed by the IDE controller > > going south. After doing that I did the normal upgrades etc. Along the > > way I decided to try out the 2.4.18mdk kernel. This is where the sound > > fun began. > > > > Hardware. > > > > Compaq Armada M700 500mhz Celeron Coppermine > > > > Sound ES1978 Maestro 2E (ESS Technology) > > > > Running MDK 9.1 > > > > Ok with kernel build 13mdk xmms and sound work as expected. When I boot > > to 18mdk the fun begins. > > > > xmms can no longer play mp3's from the hdd. (noatune has the same > > problem) constantly complaining that something else has /dev/dsp. > > mpg123 from a command line can play it ok IF I first leave runlevel 5. > > If I try to listen to streaming audio with xmms via say shoutcast. I > > have to restart sound (/etc/init.d/sound restart) but only after first > > connecting with the site to hear the output. > > > > Note also that dev/dsp dev/dspx and dsp56k get created by devfs .... Now > > when I boot to 13mdk or to 16mm (the multimedia kernel) it (devfs) > > creates the devices in the correct place /dev/sound/[device name] and > > sound works all over. I can even play an mp3. > > > > Note too that I use the OSS sound drivers as they support my sound chip > > and alsa doesn't. No problem.. whatever works. The problem can be > > duplicated simply by rebooting into build 18mdk. > > Hmmm... really strange. I wonder if something with the ESS drivers > changed... I can't duplicate this here; I've been using xmms quite happily > with the 18mdk and the other kernel we're working on. I've fwd'd this > message to Juan in the hopes that he has some ideas. > > Can anyone else with this same soundcard duplicate this? Does devfs > correctly create /dev/dsp when you boot with 18mdk?
Note ... 18mdk is working correctly on 5 other boxes with different Hardware. James
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