Monday ,18.03.2003,1300GMT

Well, despite best efforts my sound system is less that stable.
Provided that I shut down completely and reboot ,CD Player OK.
Sometimes X-CD-Roast sound player OK, most of the time not.
If I automatically reboot ,without pause,  NOTHING.

Taskbar ControlCenter -Sound reports:-
ALSA v0.5.11 emulation code (my sound driver )
Card Config VIA8233 at 0xec00,irq10
Audio device  0:VIA8233(Duplex)
Synth dev. : Not enabled in Config
Midi Dev.   : Not enabled in Config
Times: 7:sytem timer
Mixers:0:Advance logic ALC200/200p

lsmod reports:-
[root@localhost root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_generic            19616   0  (autoclean)
slhc                    5136   0  (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
snd-seq-oss            28944   0  (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      3216   0  [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq                41856   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-seq-device          3984   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq]
snd-pcm-oss            18624   0  (unused)
snd-pcm-plugin         15792   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-mixer-oss           4800   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-card-via8233        5952   0
snd-pcm                31616   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-card-via8233]
snd-timer               8528   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         25056   0  [snd-card-via8233]
snd-mixer              24544   0  [snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec]
snd                    35248   1  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq 
snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via8233 snd-pcm 
snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer]
soundcore               4208   4  [snd]
usb-uhci               21232   0  (unused)
printer                 5920   0
usb-ohci               18880   0  (unused)
usbcore                50624   1  [usb-uhci printer usb-ohci]
nls_iso8859-1           2880   4  (autoclean)
ntfs                   50320   4  (autoclean)
sg                     28624   0  (autoclean) (unused)
sr_mod                 14944   0  (autoclean) (unused)
parport_pc             20240   1  (autoclean)
lp                      5808   1  (autoclean)
parport                24768   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
sd_mod                 12320   0  (unused)

My /etc/modules.conf:-
alias net-pf-4 ipx
pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
alias usb-interface usb-ohci
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
above snd-card-via8233 snd-pcm-oss
#alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-via8233
alias usb-interface1 usb-uhci
alias usb-interface2 usb-uhci
alias usb-interface3 usb-uhci
#alias /dev/sound sound-slot-0
#alias /dev/audio /dev/sound
#alias /dev/mixer /dev/sound
#alias /devdsp    /dev/sound
#alias /dev/dspW  /dev/sound
#alias /dev/midi  /dev/sound

# ALSA native device support
#alias char-major-116 snd
#option snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via8233
#next line might need to have snd_id,if so...
#option snd-card-interwave snd_index=0
#see below

#OSS/Free setup
#alias char-major-14 soundcore
#alias sound-siot-0 snd-card-0
#alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
#alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
#alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
As you can see I have been messing about experimenting with
different options, each of which I lifted verbatum from various 
odd websites.

Nothing I do gives me a stable intergrated sound system.I feel
sure there is nothing wrong with the ALSA sound driver, no,
it's a configuration problem. It's a matter of getting all the
various components to communicate properly with one another.
ARTS is disabled.
I think I have reached an impasse , I don't feel I understand
all these various commands and what they are supposed to do eg.
urpmi slocate
slocate -u -c
slocate update
modprobe-card-via 8233
ntsysv
pnpdump
isapnp
I need a bit more imput , to sort out my uderstanding , to progress
in a more logical way. I'm just fumbling around hoping to come
across the answer, when an application of logic and understanding
is required.

help

John


----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

Subject: [newbie] Re: ARTS / Audio Codec97 / and VT8233 Audio Chip    configuration
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:00:59 +0000
From: John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: NEWBIE 1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

PS. Friday , 15.03.2002, GMT ,
upon first bootup to dektop,
to my suprise I find that the CD player is now working,
and not only that but putting up other programmes like
sound mixer does not hault it either as it used to when
ARTS was running things. Why this should be so today,
but not last night , I haven't a clue. Perhaps someone
can suggest a reason.

Anyway thats the good news, the bad news is that
I cannot play cashed(to hard drive) audio files in
X-CD-Roast, that is in the Roast's own audio player
programme.
A configuration problem ?
Any suggestions would be welcome.
I cann't live without my Audio CD Writer in full working
order. Please help

John

On Thursday 14 March 2002 10:27 pm, you wrote:
> Where to begin,
>
> My KT7266 Pro2 DDR with raid  motherboard comes with a
> Via technologies VT8233 sound chip with AC (audio codec )97
> contoller.
>
> At first desktop the KDE jingle plays, for a short while,
> that is until any other audio programme is engaged,
> whereupon it drops out never seemingly to return.
> The CD player only works on first bootup after a period
> of computer rest. As soon as any audio programme
> is engaged it too,  fails.
>
> I have been advised that I need to disable ARTS, which
> I found you can do in control centre. I guess ARTS is a
> programme for connecting sound equipement with a
> sound driver ,  and I am guessing that AC97 (built into the
> sound chip) does much the same  thing , and that is
> why I am advised  to remove ARTS ?  yes/no
>
> Well I have done that and still nothing has really changed,
> I feel that there is more to configure. It would seem to me
> that I still need to configure something so that the sound driver
> and all the sound equipement are connected properly.
>
> In control center - Audio IO Slave ,
> I don't know whether to have
> an |  X  | in Determine device automatically,
> or remove the X and leave the default only
> setting /dev/cdrom, when surely the correct
> entry is /dev/hdc, if you are going to be specific.
> Unfortuneately deleting /dev/cdrom and typing
> /dev/hdc is replaced automatically with /dev/cdrom.
>
> Please can someone  help me.   thanks,
>
>
> John

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