On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 12:22, John Michael Drouhard wrote:
> Hi all!
> I have an aureal vortex 2 soundcard, and have installed the drivers provided
> at sourceforge.net. I have tried many times to get sound out of computer, but
> it just won't happen. I have tried changing the setting in Sound Server under
> KDE Control Center. When I try to force it to use ALSA, it comes up with this
> message:
I notice below that you have a mobo with a VIA chipset. Via has known
problems with Aureal on a pci bus; easily fixed with the right command
from "setpci". You fit the profile: you have both an Nvidia card and a
Via mobo.
In your /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, try locating the following section.
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# Set the NIS domain name
if [ -n "$NISDOMAIN" ]; then
action "Setting NIS domain name %s: " $NISDOMAIN domainname
$NISDOMAIN
else
domainname ""
fi
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I included the section on NIS so you will know where to go. Now
immediately below that insert the following:
# Set the PCI bus to proper values for VIA chipset.
if [ -x /sbin/setpci ]; then
action "Adjusting PCI bus settings:" /sbin/setpci -d '12eb:*' 40.B=ff
fi
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The next time you boot you should have your pci bus initialized
properly. ALSO: You must copy "setpci" from /usr/bin to /sbin after
you make these modifications. This will init your pci bus properly at a
very early stage in the boot process.
You might also be interested in the following information included in
the source documentation in the CVS download of the Sourceforge Aureal
drivers:
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General:
Problem: I get "device busy" error messages.
Solution: Plug N Play (PnP) support might be enabled in your BIOS.
Disable it.
Problem: I have a VIA-based chipset motherboard and I am experiencing
lockups and other problems with this driver.
Solution: Type the following command as root:
setpci -d '12eb:*' 40.B=ff
If this fixes your problem, you might want to add it to your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local to run it automatically each time you reboot.
Note: You should only use this if you are experiencing problems.
Problem: I have an Nvidia video card and I am experiencing sound
skipping and/or fuzz.
Solution: Type the following command as root:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=40
If problem still exists:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=60
If problem still exists:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=80
If problem still exists:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=20 40.B=ff
If the problem still exists:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=40 40.B=ff
If the problem still exists:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=60 40.B=ff
If the problem still exists:
setpci -d '12eb:*' latency_timer=80 40.B=ff
If any of these commands fix your problem, you'll probably want to add
it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local to be automatically loaded after each
reboot.
Note: Make sure you use the minimum configuration possible above,
don't just use the last option if you don't have to.
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> Sound Server informational message:
>
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Invalid argument)
>
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>
> -----------
>
> Sound hasn't come out at all yet, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> Other comp specs:
>
> Motherboard: VIA 503+
> K-6 III+ 450 running at 500 MHz
> Sound Card: Aureal Vortex2
> Video card: TNT2 32MB
> Network card: Netgear FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Card
> 384 MB Memory
I'm familiar with the 503+. That's a nice mobo.
> 1 generic cd reader
> 1 Samsung 8x8x32 CD-RW
> 1 Floppy
> 1 10 GB WD Harddrive
> 1 40 GB Maxtor Harddrive
> Mandrake Linux 8.2 with the standard kernel for this distro. Running in dual
> boot mode with Windows 98.
Good luck and let me know how you get on!
LX
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