es1989 sound card
Panagiotis Astithas
past at noc.ntua.gr
Tue Jun 1 05:56:36 PDT 2004
Joe Fiorini wrote:
> I'm having trouble with my ESS sound card. I'm not sure which model it is,
> but I do know that it's an es1989 chipset. Here's what I have so far:
>
>
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> /dev/sndstat:
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>
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> Installed devices:
>
> pcm0: <ESS Technology Allegro-1> at io 0xac00 irq 11 (4p/1r/0v channels
> duplex default)
>
>
>
> kldstat:
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>
>
> Id Refs Address Size Name
>
> 2 1 0xc0a52000 93c8 snd_maestro3.ko
>
>
>
> (I believe this is correct: when I changed loader.conf to load all sound
> drivers, it also loaded this one automatically.)
>
>
>
> grep pcm0 /var/run/dmesg.boot
>
> pcm0: <ESS Technology Allegro-1> port 0xac00-0xacff irq 11 at device 16.0 on
> pci0
>
> pcm0: failed to enable memory mapping!
>
> pcm0: <ESS Technology ES1988 AC97 Codec>
>
>
>
> The problem is every program I've tried (mpg123, and the Gnome sound
> preferences applet) will "play" a file, but no sound will come out. I'm not
> receiving any error messages, and I've messed with my speakers'
> configuration. Anybody have any ideas? Is it because of the failed memory
> mapping error message?
Definitely not. I get that too on my HP Omnibook with a similar sound
chip and it is harmless. What is the output of the 'mixer' command? Also
could you try 'vmstat -i' before and after playing something (using
mpg123 for instance)?
Cheers,
--
Panagiotis Astithas
Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD
Network Management Center
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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