> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
> > > >>From the below I am guessing I must be using oss. 
> > > 
> > > Nope, that's alsa stuff. 
> > > 
> > > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep sound 
> > > > soundcore               3396   0  [snd] 
> > > > linux:/home/mathjsv # lsmod | grep snd 
> > > > snd-pcm-oss            45888   1  (autoclean) 
> > > > snd-mixer-oss          13560   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] 
> > > 
> > > These 2 are for compatibility with the old (oss) system. 
> > > 
> > > <snip> 
> > > 
> > > You are not trying to play MP3s on a 486 are you? 
> > 
> > Nope, just ordinary wav files on a pentium III 500. 
> That should play any sound file perfectly. 
>  
> Let's just have a bit of a re-cap on this one. 
> Please could you type the following commands and paste the output into an  
> email. 
>  
> No need to type anything to the right of the '#'. That's just a comment. 
> 1) uname -r                 # what kernel version is running? 
 
2.4.20-4GB 
 
> If you could do these two at the same time as sound is being played we 
woul> d  
> then see exactly what ports and irqs are bing used. 
>   
> 2) cat /proc/interrupts     # what interrupts? 
          CPU0 
  0:    1115472          XT-PIC  timer 
  1:       5900          XT-PIC  keyboard 
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade 
  3:    1622159          XT-PIC  serial 
  5:          1          XT-PIC  ES18xx 
  8:          2          XT-PIC  rtc 
  9:        567          XT-PIC  usb-uhci 
 12:     451056          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse 
 14:     139088          XT-PIC  ide0 
 15:      42221          XT-PIC  ide1 
NMI:          0 
LOC:          0 
ERR:          0 
MIS:          0 
 
 
> 3) cat /proc/ioports        # and ports? 
 
0000-001f : dma1 
0020-003f : pic1 
0040-005f : timer 
0060-006f : keyboard 
0070-007f : rtc 
0080-008f : dma page reg 
00a0-00bf : pic2 
00c0-00df : dma2 
00f0-00ff : fpu 
0170-0177 : ide1 
01f0-01f7 : ide0 
0213-0213 : isapnp read 
0220-022f : ES18xx 
02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 
0330-0331 : MPU401 UART 
0376-0376 : ide1 
0388-0389 : OPL2/3 (left) 
038a-038b : OPL2/3 (right) 
03c0-03df : vesafb 
03f6-03f6 : ide0 
0440-047f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI 
0800-081f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI 
  0800-0807 : ES18xx - CTRL 
0a79-0a79 : isapnp write 
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 
8000-8fff : PCI Bus #01 
  8000-80ff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X 
9000-901f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB 
  9000-901f : usb-uhci 
9040-904f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE 
  9040-9047 : ide0 
 
 
> Have you got the sound card's ports and irq configured with jumpers or pnp? 
 
pnp 
 
> If the latter have you got the card configured using the isapnptools?  
 
Nope using yast. 
 
> If isapnptools what is the output from pnpdump? 
> Have you generated the config file for the isapnp kit in /etc ? 
> Sorry to be a bit vague with the exact name, I forget it, but it's 
mentione> d  
> in the isapnptools package.  
>  
> From what I have seen so far there is no mention of the options you used 
> when  
> inserting the sound modules. I fear that these are not correctly set. 
>  
> Hopefully you have the Kernel Documentation installed, if so please refer to 
>  
> file:///usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/oss/ESS1 
> and 
> file:///usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/oss/ESS1868 
 
I have now installed that doc and will read through 
 
> If all else fails please register for the fix-up evening on the 12th. 
 
Sadly be back in Wellington again. 
 

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