Post by thread:[OT]: Linux Sound Problems

I have a Linux soundcard question, and after getting nowhere with the Linux-Sound list, I figured the likelihood of getting worse results from the PICList would be pretty slim. I apologize in advance for the length of the post. I have NEC Ready 9732 which I running RedHat Linux version 7.1. From time to time I make attempts to get the sound card work, but the only time sound has come out was when I tried several successive drivers using "sndconfig --noprobe". However after sndconfig exits, I'm back to no sound. I've tried following the manual steps in the sound-how-to, but I need to supply many driver options which aren't clearly explained anywhere. When sndconfig runs, it tries to load the ad1848 drivers, but has errors while running modprobe, then I get stuck and have to kill sndconfig to get out of it (somebody, maybe me, needs to make an exit option). My computer dual boots, so I was able to get this information form windows control panel. Sound4 Audio Device w/SWT (software wave table) General Device type: Sound, video and game controllers Manufacturer: Aztech Labs Hardware Version: 1.0.0.03 Settings Full Duplex Enabled Fast DMA Playback Enabled Fast DMA Capture Enabled Software Wave Table (SWT) Not Enabled Resources Input/Output Range 0220-022F Input/Output Range 0388-038F Input/Output Range 0534-0537 Input/Output Range 0220-022F Interrupt Request 05 Direct Memory Access 01 Direct Memory Access 00 Sound4 EEPROM Device General Device type: Sound, video and game controllers Manufacturer: Aztech Labs Hardware Version: 1.0.0.03 Resources Input/Output Range 0100-0100 Sound4 MPU-401 Device General Device type: Sound, video and game controllers Manufacturer: Aztech Labs Hardware Version: 1.0.0.03 Resources Input/Output Range 0330-0331 Interrupt Request 09 Here's where my attempt at getting my sound card to function now stands: 1) No luck with sndconfig (see above). 2) Installed isapnptools 3) Used pnpdump -c to create a /etc/isapnp.conf 4) Edited /etc/isapnp.conf so that the following lines are uncommented: (CONFIGURE AZT3011/-1 (LD 1 (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220) (CHECK)) (IO 1 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0388) (CHECK)) (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0534) (CHECK)) (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E))) (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1)) (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0)) (NAME "AZT3011/-1[1]{AUDIO }") (ACT Y) )) (CONFIGURE AZT3011/-1 (LD 2 (IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330) (CHECK)) (INT 0 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E))) (NAME "AZT3011/-1[2]{MPU401 MIDI }") (ACT Y) )) 5) Added the following lines to /etc/modules.conf alias sound ad1848 irq=5, io=534, dma0=1, dma1=0 alias sound-slot-0 ad1848 alias midi opl3 irq=9 io=330 6) Rebooted, making sure isapnp ran. Still no go. Here are some hints that I hope will help somebody point me in the right direction: modprobe -v sound and modprobe -v sound-slot-0 provides no information. modprobe -v midi results in: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.9-34/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.9-34/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o Symbol version prefix '' The first time, nothing on successive tries. Is the midi not being installed properly? /proc/isapnp shows both audio and midi to be active. When I halt the system, I get this message: Saving mixer settings modprobe: modprobe cannot locate module sound-service-0-0 aumux: error opening mixer. Is there are sound-service-0-0, I should also include in my module.conf? What does it do? I would be grateful for any tips or pointers. Even an RTFM followed with a link to TFM. -Mike -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads