this might be beating a dead horse, but is the mixer set to a reasonable
level? I have the same sound card, and while it appeared everything was
getting setup, the vol. was so low that ! could not hear sound. I kept
failing sndconfig since i could not here the sounds.
On Monday 16 July 2001 22:19, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> 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.
