On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:00, civileme wrote:
> <BIG SNIP>
>
> > Here's my complete lsmod output:
> >
> > [root@YAMA Data]# lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > vmnet 14720 3
> > vmmon 16880 0 (unused)
> > sb 7136 0
> > sb_lib 33120 0 [sb]
> > uart401 6224 0 [sb_lib]
> > sound 54256 0 [sb_lib uart401]
> > soundcore 3504 5 [sb_lib sound]
> > af_packet 11280 1 (autoclean)
> > 8139too 11696 1 (autoclean)
> > nls_iso8859-1 2848 2 (autoclean)
> > nls_cp850 3584 2 (autoclean)
> > vfat 9040 2 (autoclean)
> > fat 30720 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
> > supermount 32496 6 (autoclean)
> > ide-scsi 7568 0
> > reiserfs 165760 1
> > sd_mod 11048 0 (unused)
> > scsi_mod 86036 2 [ide-scsi sd_mod]
> >
> > I see at least 5 entries related to sound -- is that normal? When I type
> > "service alsa status" I get "Sound loaded". The same output occurs when I
> > type "service sound status". In the services section of Drakconf (the X
> > version), I noticed that alsa is stopped but set to load on boot, and
> > sound is both running and configured to load on startup.
> >
> > While in GNOME I can get sound in programmes like Downloader for X (nt),
> > xmovie and aviplay (part of avifile, an avi movie player). This is
> > without esound or arts loaded. XMMS refuses to work, though.]
>
> OK that sounds like the alsa drivers worked and then the oss drivers got
> loaded on top. The behavior with XMMS is typical of that.
>
> Try stopping alsa at boot (i. e. telling it not to start), and see what
> happens.
I figured you would ask this (since I have read your other responses to sound
problems on the list), so as soon as I fired off my above message I went to
DrakConf and disabled the alsa service from loading at boot, leaving sound as
the only sound-related service that loads at boot. After a reboot, there was
no change :-(
> And if that produces an improvement....
>
> chkconfig --del alsa
> and dhange etc/modules.conf to alias the sb driver from oss.
>
> Civileme
>
> And he backup plan is
>
> pnpdump > isapnp.conf
> sndconfig
Sndconfig was the first thing I tried when the problem arose. Just in case, I
did the pnpdump and tried sndconfig again -- still no luck. Here's the
pnpdump output (i.e. the contents of isapnp.conf):
# $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.25 2001/01/06 20:45:58 fox Exp $
# Release isapnptools-1.24
#
# This is free software, see the sources for details.
# This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
#
# For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
#
# For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
#
# Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DHAVE_PROC -DENABLE_PCI
-DHAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER -DHAVE_NANOSLEEP -DWANT_TO_VALIDATE
#
# Trying port address 0273
# Board 1 has serial identifier 8a 03 c3 2a 46 e4 00 8c 0e
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x0273)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
# Card 1: (serial identifier 8a 03 c3 2a 46 e4 00 8c 0e)
# Vendor Id CTL00e4, Serial Number 63121990, checksum 0x8A.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
# ANSI string -->Creative SB AWE64 PnP<--
# Vendor defined tag: 73 02 45 20
#
# Logical device id CTL0045
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3b
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3e
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed
if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE CTL00e4/63121990 (LD 0
# ANSI string -->Audio<--
# Multiple choice time, choose one only !
# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# IRQ 5.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 1.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# Next DMA channel 5.
# 16 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0220
# Maximum IO base address 0x0220
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0330
# Maximum IO base address 0x0330
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0388
# Maximum IO base address 0x0388
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
# Next DMA channel 5, 6 or 7.
# 16 bit DMA only
# Logical device is a bus master
# DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0220
# Maximum IO base a
> > I declined to mention before that I have a Sound Blaster AWE64 ISA
> > (non-PnP, AFAIK), which has given me no trouble whatsoever since I
> > started using Mandrake with version 7.0.
> >
> > Thanks.
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