Linus Drouhard wrote:
>
> Thanks for helping me. Someday, I hope this makes sense to me. Answers to
> your queries are below.
>
> On Monday 13 August 2001 9:13, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> > Linus Drouhard wrote:
> > > I can't get midi files to play, except in sndconfig. See other responses
> > > below. I don't know what most of this means. Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > On Friday 10 August 2001 2:36, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> > > > "Adams, Jamie" wrote:
> > > > > It seems odd that you are only getting 'snippets' of sound. Is it
> > > > > possible that there is an IRQ or DMA conflict somewhere?
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I think that might well be the case. Btw, we're talking about
> > > > an old ISA SB16, and not the relatively new SB16 PCI I think...
> > >
> > > It's definitely an old ISA card.
> > >
> > > > The Creative Labs names sometimes cause confusion :)
> > > >
> > > > The driver seems to be loaded ('snippets' of sound); check with
> > > > '/sbin/lsmod | grep sb' .
> > >
> > > Here's what I get
> > > sb 7136 1
> > > sb_lib 33120 0 [sb]
> > > uart401 6224 0 [sb_lib]
> > > sound 54256 1 [sb_lib uart401]
> > > soundcore 3504 5 [sb_lib sound]
> > > usb-ohci 14496 0 (unused)
> > > usbcore 47248 1 [usb-ohci]
> > >
> > > > Use 'cat /proc/interrupts'
> > >
> > > Here's what I get
> > > CPU0
> > > 0: 288781 XT-PIC timer
> > > 1: 4523 XT-PIC keyboard
> > > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> > > 5: 0 XT-PIC soundblaster
> > > 9: 5973 XT-PIC usb-ohci, eth0
> > > 12: 216728 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> > > 14: 20301 XT-PIC ide0
> > > 15: 498 XT-PIC ide1
> > > NMI: 0
> > > ERR: 0
> > >
> > > and 'cat /proc/dma' to check for IRQ and
> > >
> > > > DMA problems.
> > >
> > > and here's what I get there.
> > >
> > > 1: SoundBlaster8
> > > 4: cascade
> > > 5: SoundBlaster16
> > >
> > > > In your first mail you said: 'The midi track played fine' ,
> > > > referring to 'sndconfig'. Can you now play a midi file ?
> >
> > sb 7136 1
> > sb_lib 33120 0 [sb]
> > uart401 6224 0 [sb_lib]
> > sound 54256 1 [sb_lib uart401]
> > soundcore 3504 5 [sb_lib sound]
> >
> > means the drivers are loaded and
> > 5: 0 XT-PIC soundblaster
> > means it's using IRQ 5 and the 0 means the driver hasn't
> > received an interrupt yet.
> >
> > What happens when you try 'play some_wave_file.wav' ?
>
> I don't have a *.wav file on my computer. I'd track one down and try it,
> but, I'm tired. If you think that would really help, I'll try it. In the
> meantime, here's the answers to the rest of your questions.
> >
> > To be complete, what (sound relevant) entries does
> > 'cat /proc/ioports' show?
>
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-003f : pic1
> 0040-005f : timer
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 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 : soundblaster
> 02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
> 0330-0333 : MPU-401 UART
> 0376-0376 : ide1
> 03c0-03df : vesafb
> 03f6-03f6 : ide0
> 03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
> 0a79-0a79 : isapnp write
> 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
> 5c20-5c3f : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU
> d400-d40f : Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE
> d400-d407 : ide0
> d408-d40f : ide1
> d800-d81f : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
> d800-d81f : ne2k-pci
>
> >
> > To be more complete <grin> what's in your
> > /etc/modules.conf file?
>
> pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias usb-interface usb-ohci
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> alias eth0 ne2k-pci
> alias sound-slot-0 sb
> options sound dmabuf=1
> alias synth0 opl3
> options opl3 io=0x388
> options sb isapnp=1
>
> >
> > Last question, is your card ISA plug and play?
>
> Yes, unless that quit working. I have made sure the Plug & Play OS in the
> BIOS is turned off.
Yes, but that's for PCI.
> I don't know if this is a clue, but my printer has gotten real slow. 5 or 6
> minutes per page. It slowed down when I started trying to figure out the
> soundcard. I must've messed something up. Also, StarOffice is very slow to
> load. Everything else seems ok. ????
How about this: make a backup of /etc/modules.conf to be sure,
then edit /etc/modules.conf to:
pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
alias usb-interface usb-ohci
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
alias eth0 ne2k-pci
# alias sound-slot-0 sb
# options sound dmabuf=1
# alias synth0 opl3
# options opl3 io=0x388
# options sb isapnp=1
If you then reboot the sound stuff should be gone from the system.
> Thanks for all your help.
No problem :) I also sent this to the list, maybe someone has an idea,
or can correct me.
-Frans
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