Hi, Something that's tripped me up once when scaling up a PCI system like what you're doing, yet completely unrelated to sound cards is this weird option in the BIOS. Sorry can't be anymore specific, but check your PCI bios settings... (and hopefully it'll jump out at you) /s
On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:11, Derek Smithies wrote: > Hi, > I have installed 6 sb live cards on a redhat 9.0 box. > - the box has had the kernel upgraded to 2.4.26 > > redhat-config-soundcard runs fine, and reports all 6 cards. > > redhat-config-soundcard has an option to play a test sound out the sound > card. This only worked for the first card.. > > > I would appreciate some suggestions on gettting it to go. > Below is a list of my thoughts and meanderings. Apologies for the length. > > > ================================================================== > > Yet, there are no extra devices added to the devices list > - thus, it failed to create /dev/dsp2, /dev/dsp3, dev/dsp4 > /dev/sound2 etc.. > > Ok, examine the python sources of redhat-config-soundcard > no instances of mknod or proc were found > > Google. Many helpful suggestions, such as switch to alsa. > Not an option. > Google did suggest to create the requisite devices. > fair enough, redhat-config-soundcard does not appear to have > (in the source code) the ability to create the requisite devices > > Manually create (with mknod) /dev/dsp2, /dev/dsp3 > /dev/mixer2, /dev/mixer3 etc.... > ls -l /dev/ | grep \ 14, > crw------- 1 root root 14, 4 Jan 30 2003 audio > crw------- 1 root root 14, 20 Jan 30 2003 audio1 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 7 Jan 30 2003 audioctl > crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Jan 30 2003 dsp > crw------- 1 root root 14, 19 Jan 30 2003 dsp1 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 35 Oct 6 04:41 dsp2 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 51 Oct 6 04:41 dsp3 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 67 Oct 6 04:42 dsp4 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 83 Oct 6 04:42 dsp5 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 97 Oct 6 23:18 dsp6 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 2 Jan 30 2003 midi00 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 18 Jan 30 2003 midi01 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 34 Jan 30 2003 midi02 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 50 Jan 30 2003 midi03 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 0 Jan 30 2003 mixer > crw------- 1 root root 14, 16 Jan 30 2003 mixer1 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 32 Oct 6 17:59 mixer2 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 48 Oct 6 17:59 mixer3 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 64 Oct 6 18:00 mixer4 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 80 Oct 6 23:18 mixer5 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 96 Oct 6 23:18 mixer6 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 17 Jan 30 2003 patmgr0 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 33 Jan 30 2003 patmgr1 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 1 Jan 30 2003 sequencer > crw------- 1 root root 14, 8 Jan 30 2003 sequencer2 > crw------- 1 root root 14, 6 Jan 30 2003 sndstat > > > however, my code to examine all the available sound devices does not work. > It found just 5 devices, not 6. > well, examine source for the driver, es1371.c > #define NR_DEVICES 5 > > Change this, recompile and install kernel.. > Nope - did not help > kernel messages that may be of interest:: > > Tests on sound working are a little hard. That box is in America. > Although, I have a report that redhat-config-soundcard play test sound > does play sound fine for the first card, but not the others... > > Kernel log messages:: > PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 01:05.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1d.2 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1f.1 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:02.0 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x04 > es1371: found es1371 rev 4 at io 0xd080 irq 9 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) > PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 01:04.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:1f.3 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x04 > es1371: found es1371 rev 4 at io 0xd400 irq 3 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) > PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 01:03.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:1d.1 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x04 > es1371: found es1371 rev 4 at io 0xd480 irq 5 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) > PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 01:02.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1d.2 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:1f.1 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 01:05.0 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x04 > es1371: found es1371 rev 4 at io 0xd800 irq 9 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708) > PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 01:01.0 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x04 > es1371: found es1371 rev 4 at io 0xd880 irq 11 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > es1371: cannot register misc device > PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 01:00.0 > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x04 > es1371: found es1371 rev 4 at io 0xdc00 irq 11 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > es1371: cannot register misc device > > See - the last two card did not go in properly. And, they were > all created as character devices. (See the sound dev listing) > > Try another box. > just put 2 SB16 cards into a redhat 9 box with 2.4.26 kernel. > > Create a couple of extra /dev entries for the new cards. > Many mesages about > Can't locate module sound-service-0-0 > Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 > > lspci -n - have a look at the device id numbers. > Ahh, 1274 - ensoniq. > 5880 is handled by the es1371 driver - there is a comment to > explicitely turn on the AC97 if we are a 5880. > > > > Gack - anyone with suggestions on where to look next ? > > > Derek.
