Chris Baker wrote: > > Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>>>> "CB" == Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > CB> I'm trying to get a sb128 to work. At startup, whether > > CB> compiled in or as a module, I get es1370: version v0.24 time > > CB> 19:13:34 Dec 20 1999 es1370: found adapter at io 0xdc00 irq 11 > > CB> es1370: features: joystick off, line in, mic impedance 0 > > > > That looks about right. > > > > CB> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 6 Dec 20 18:13 /dev/sndstat > > CB> > > CB> but then, > > CB> > > CB> # cat /dev/sndstat > > CB> > > CB> cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device > > > > that happens on my system too, but why are you trying to do this ? > > I'm following the Sound-HOWTO :-( > > > CB> > > CB> The Sound-HOWTO doesn't really have a lot of information to help > > CB> here, and I don't really understand how devices work very well. > > CB> I'm really at a loss. Can anyone point me towards relevant > > CB> documentation? > > > > I haven't read the Sound-HOWTO so I don't know what steps are mentioned > > in there. > > Well, it's a good thing you didn't--you might have gotten stuck too! > > > To get the SB PCI128 to work, I compiled in support for the es1370 into > > the kernel. Then I added myself (non-root) to the "audio" group, and > > that was all. After that, I was able to play Audio CDs and mp3s. > > O.K. I tried it, and it works. Thanks for pointing out the stuff > about the audio group. I would have gotten stuck there next. > > > The only strange thing I remember having to do was to give "o+r" > > permissions to the CDROM device which appears as /dev/hdc so that > > non-root users could play Audio CDs. > > > > Other than that, the SB PCI128 was a breeze to setup (using the kernel > > drivers). > > Many thanks for your help, > > cbb
So Chris, your ES1370 works properly now? Can you do a "cat /dev/sndstat"? I've got an ES1371 that I've been wrestling off-and-on for months with. It's not important enough to buckle down and fix it, but it really bothers me that some of the HOWTO information seems to be so irrelevant concerning this card, like the inability to do a "cat /dev/sndstat". I just don't have confidence in the HOWTO because of this, and the troubleshooting information just isn't there in enough detail to figure out what's going wrong. So anyway, after ranting here, my only question is, again, can you do a "cat /dev/sndstat" or does it still fail even though your sound card is working? Thanks.
