Folks,
I have a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop. I got sound working and
it appeared to work well (except for the mic)., but after a few
days, when I went to play an MP3, it motorboated (played a fraction
of a second, paused, played again, paused, etc.). This is repeatable
and only happens with the kernel sound modules (2.2.12), but NOT
with OSS. I have had this happen before on other sound cards when
there is an IRQ conflict, but it usually happens when you try to use
sound the first time -- not after a few days.
I suspect it **could** be PCMCIA related, but why do I not have the
same problem with OSS?
To fix, I removed all PCMCIA cards, removed all sound modules, and
reinstalled the sound modules. I then reinserted the PCMCIA cards.
All appears OK....
SW: RedHat 6.0 with most updates, 2.2.12, PCMCIA 3.0 beta as of 8/26
HW: Toshiba T8000 PII, 128MB 3C589 10T PCMCIA, 3COM 56K modem PCMCIA
conf.modules:
alias sound opl3sa2
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options opl3sa2 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpu_io=0x330 io=0x380
Note, with OSS, I don't have the motorboating, but I do have
strange problems with the mic -- it is only controllable from the
mix selection and hardly works at all....
With both the kernel and OSS drivers, each time I try the mic, I
get distorted, noisy sound. This happens for multiple settings of
the mic slider, the mix slider, and every other slider that appears
to affect the mic. I am using Studio to record. Basically, the
mic is useless.
Any help would be appreciated,
--
W. Wade, Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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