Funny, but I have an ES1371 card and I didn't have to recompile. The debian installer took care of it (with some gentle prodding).
Vendor: Ensoniq Model: ES1371 (AudioPCI-97) Kernel Module: es1371 Bus Type: PCI On Tuesday 12 December 2000 18:43, Manegold wrote: > romain lerallut wrote: > > Hello debian-users ! > > > > I have a problem using a es1371 sound card (it's really a SB128 PCI). > > In a nutshell: the system can't talk to the card... > > > > I am using woody and a kernel 2.2.17 > > > > Here's what I did: > > > > recompiling the kernel (sound support: module , es1371: module ) > > es1371.o and soundcore.o are in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc, OK > > > > reboot. > > > > I see something flashing about a char-major-14 but It's too fast. > > adding a "alias char-major-14 es1371" to the /etc/modutils/aliases > > seems to have fixed it. At least I don't get that error anymore. > > (I got this in reading Documentation/sound/Introduction in the kernel > > source tree.) > > > > the es1371 driver gets loaded, no complaint > > "es1371: es1371 card found rev8, io=0xe000 , IRQ=11 " and so on. > > the card is in /proc/pci > > > > lsmod shows: > > es1371 0 unused > > soundcore 4 [es1371] > > > > It seems fine until now.(at least to me) > > > > BUT > > - there's nothing in /dev/sndstat (the file "exists" but cat > > /dev/sndstat say no such device) - there's no /proc/sound file > > AND > > - if I try to use the sound card the whole system freezes.( I experience > > it mostly with xmms1.2.3 ) > > > > I'd REALLY appreciate someone who uses an es1371 to tell me exactly what > > I'm missing (option something or other). > > I've already RTFMed /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/es1371 , but > > there's scarcely any info in there. > > > > Thanks > > Romain > > > > PS: i've this sndconfig lurking around, is it useful ? > > Hi! > I have a SB128 working. However I compiled the es1371 into the kernel, > since I had problems with it as a module (don't remember what was the > reason, if I ever found it). Even that way it did not work initially. I > later found out, that my BIOS settings were at fault, since PnP was > enabled and that way the kernel did not see the SB. Now it's working. > You might also try the es1370 driver, since The SB128 can supposedly > also contain that chip. > > BTW. You can look at the output during boot with "dmsg" > > HTH > Thorsten
