On 10-07-08 16:00, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> By running the "Compaq Setup for Portables" boot floppy (delayed by my
> original floppy going bad /-:), I could reset the ESS1869 to use DMA
> channels 0 and 1, which results in an automatically working set-up (-:.
>
> Thanks for all the helpful suggest
Rene Herman wrote, on 10/07/08 09:56:
>> Attached are a working and non-working configurations from alsa-info.sh
>
> The difference would seem to be that your working configuration uses two
> 8-bit DMA channels (dma1=0, dma2=1) while the non-working one uses a
> 16-bit channel for dma2 (the pla
Arthur Marsh wrote:
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> How does one run alsaconf in non-interactive mode?
>
>
I haven't run alsaconf in a long time and had forgotten that it was
interactive. I
assumed it was like the X configuration tool that runs and just does its
thing.
It seems you are getting good help from Rene
On 10-07-08 03:01, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Sound is now working with the following setting:
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [ES1869 ]: ES1869 - ESS AudioDrive ES1869
>ESS AudioDrive ES1869 at 0x220, irq 5, dma1 1, dma2 5
>
> but there is some spurious clicking af
Rene Herman wrote, on 10/07/08 09:56:
> On 10-07-08 01:24, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am having trouble getting sound working in an old Compaq Armada
>> 1750 with an ESS AudioDrive ES1869.
>>
>> Even when it's working (verified by aplay some-sound.wav), KDE 3.5.9
>> sound doesn't always work
stan wrote, on 10/07/08 09:07:
> Arthur Marsh wrote:
>> Hi, I am having trouble getting sound working in an old Compaq Armada
>> 1750 with an ESS AudioDrive ES1869.
>>
>> Even when it's working (verified by aplay some-sound.wav), KDE 3.5.9
>> sound doesn't always work )-:.
>>
>> By running alsaco
On 10-07-08 01:24, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Hi, I am having trouble getting sound working in an old Compaq Armada
> 1750 with an ESS AudioDrive ES1869.
>
> Even when it's working (verified by aplay some-sound.wav), KDE 3.5.9
> sound doesn't always work )-:.
KDE 3.5.9 uses aRts which, I'm sorry to
Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Hi, I am having trouble getting sound working in an old Compaq Armada
> 1750 with an ESS AudioDrive ES1869.
>
> Even when it's working (verified by aplay some-sound.wav), KDE 3.5.9
> sound doesn't always work )-:.
>
> By running alsaconf, I get:
>
> es18xx-pnpbios 00:0c: dis
Hi, I am having trouble getting sound working in an old Compaq Armada
1750 with an ESS AudioDrive ES1869.
Even when it's working (verified by aplay some-sound.wav), KDE 3.5.9
sound doesn't always work )-:.
By running alsaconf, I get:
es18xx-pnpbios 00:0c: disabled
followed by
es18xx-pnpbio
