Charon hat gesagt: // Charon wrote:
> So my next step was to try ALSA drivers..
Good. ALSA rocks! I am using an AWE64 with ALSA here, so maybe I can be of
help.
But first a question: What ALSA version are you using? Some things
(module options etc.) changed between 0.4 and 0.5, so this is important
to know.
Second question: Did you use the ALSA Plug'n'Play method or do you use a
/etc/isapnp.conf file with the isapnp-tool?
Third and most important question: I'd like to see your module options
for alsa (in /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modutils/alsa). Could you post
them here, please.
The right module configuration is crucial for ALSA to work and it is _the_
hottest topic on the alsa-user mailing list.
> I've successfully installed
> these before when I ran slackware. I believed I followed the instructions
> accurately.. anyhow, here is some info..
>
> underworld:/home/charon# lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> fat 30304 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
> snd-card-sb16 4976 0 (unused)
> snd-mpu401-uart 3300 0 [snd-card-sb16]
> snd-rawmidi 11352 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
> snd-seq-device 3788 0 [snd-rawmidi]
> isapnp 27156 0 [snd-card-sb16]
> snd-opl3 2628 0 [snd-card-sb16]
> snd-sb16-csp 17332 0 [snd-card-sb16]
> snd-sb16-dsp 18472 0 [snd-card-sb16 snd-sb16-csp]
> snd-pcm 36696 0 [snd-sb16-dsp]
> snd-timer 10688 0 [snd-opl3 snd-pcm]
> snd-hwdep 3756 0 [snd-opl3 snd-sb16-csp]
> snd-mixer 29552 0 [snd-sb16-csp snd-sb16-dsp]
> snd 44684 1 [snd-card-sb16 snd-mpu401-uart
> snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-opl3 snd-sb16-csp snd-sb16-dsp snd-pcm
> snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-mixer]
> this is after a modprobe snd-card-sb16 as instructed in the alsa install
> howto ..
I am using the module snd-card-sbawe for the AWE64. Strange thing is: You
seem to not have loaded any OSS compatibility modules from ALSA. I have
this after I do a mpg123 some.mp3:
snd-pcm-oss 16744 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-plugin 12840 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-mixer-oss 4244 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-card-sbawe 4012 0 (autoclean)
snd-sb16-csp 15124 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-sbawe]
snd-sb16-dsp 15304 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-sbawe snd-sb16-csp]
snd-pcm 28600 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
snd-sb16-dsp]
snd-mixer 22608 0 (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss snd-sb16-csp
snd-sb16-dsp]
snd-opl3 1988 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-sbawe]
snd-hwdep 2604 0 (autoclean) [snd-sb16-csp snd-opl3]
snd-timer 8032 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm snd-opl3]
snd-mpu401-uart 2212 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-sbawe]
snd-rawmidi 8920 0 (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3392 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-sbawe snd-rawmidi]
snd 34572 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
snd-mixer-oss snd-card-sbawe snd-sb16-csp snd-sb16-dsp snd-pcm snd-mixer
snd-opl3 snd-hwdep snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 2372 4 (autoclean) [snd]
You see the snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss? They are responsible for sound in
OSS applications like xmms. Normally you configure this in
/etc/modules.conf (or /etc/modutils/alsa + "do an update-modules as root" for
Debian)
For alsa-0.5 make sure you have the following lines there:
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
[plus all the other stuff of course]
> underworld:/home/charon# cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [card1 ]: SB16 - Sound Blaster 16
> Sound Blaster 16 at 0x220, irq 5, dma 1&5
This looks OK.
> underworld:/home/charon# amixer set Master 15
> Group 'Master',0
> Capabilities: volume
> Channels: Front-Left Front-Right
> Limits: min = 0, max = 31
> Front-Left: 15 [48%] [on] [---]
> Front-Right: 15 [48%] [on] [---]
>
> Playing a cd in grip works though..
>
> Trying to play an mp3 using xmms gives me an error telling me 3 things,
> the most significantly being that my sound isn't configured properly. I am
> at a loss, and am uncertain how to proceed. I would very much appreciate
> it if some kind soul could offer some assistance..
I think this has to do with the missing OSS compatibility.
One more test you could do is to try some ALSA native sound tools like aplay.
bye
--
__ __
Frank Barknecht ____ ______ ____ __ trip\ \ / /wire ______
/ __// __ /__/ __// // __ \ \/ / __ \\ ___\
/ / / ____/ / / / // ____// /\ \\ ___\\____ \
/_/ /_____/ /_/ /_//_____// / \ \\_____\\_____\
/_/ \_\
