Sound Card - NOT

[C. Ulrich]

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 20:25, Andy K wrote:
> Hi Everyone 
> 
> Seems that quite a few people are having sound probs ! 
> 
> I am about to join in here - I also cannot get my sound card to
> operate.I have a P2 with a 20 gig Hdd and 128Mb RAM - the machine has
> onboard sound so I tried all the options - PNP BIOS, pcm, anything
> generic, and the sound pro config (as thats what the bios indicated it
> was) from the handbook, no good,(I did reconfig the kernel each time as
> well) so I disabled the onboard sound and installed a sound card - no
> idea of brand, it came from a dead computer but I knew it was working be
> fore the motherboard fell over. Main problem is my system recognises 2
> video cards (as it did before I disabled the onboard sound) and the new
> sound card is not recognised (as far  as I can see)
> 
> Output of cat /dev/sndstat 
> 
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) 
> Installed Devices 
> pcm0: <Ess 1868 DSP> at io 0x220 irq 5 drq 1:0 bufsz 4096 (1p/1r/0v
> channels duplex) 
> 
> (isn't this saying that it is working ?)
> 
> Output of uname -a 
> 
> FreeBSD Rockstar.richardflanagan.com.au 4.8 STABLE #1 Tue Aug 26
> 10:10:39 EST 2003
> andy at rockstar.richardflanagan.com.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DRAGON i386 
> 
> Output of grep pcm /var/run/demsg.boot 
> 
> pcm0: <ESS 18xx DSP> on sbc0 
> 
> (doesn't this also indicate sound is happening ?)
> 
> 
> I get no errors when I try to play an MP3 through xmms, problem is I get
> no sound either. The error message saying my sound card isn't configured
> when I start kde has gone away as well
> 
> Output of pciconf -lv 
> 
> 
> vendor   = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' 
>     device   = 'SiS5597 Host to PCI bridge' 
>     class    = bridge 
>     subclass = HOST-PCI 
> isab0 at pci0:1:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00081039 rev=0x01
> hdr=0x00 
>     vendor   = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' 
>     device   = 'SiS85C503/5513 PCI to ISA Bridge (LPC Bridge)' 
>     class    = bridge 
>     subclass = PCI-ISA 
> atapci0 at pci0:1:1:       class=0x01018a card=0x500d8a02 chip=0x55131039
> rev=0xd0 hdr=0x00 
>     vendor   = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' 
>     device   = 'SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)' 
>     class    = mass storage 
>     subclass = ATA 
> none0 at pci0:11:0:        class=0x030000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x88115333
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 
>     vendor   = 'S3 Incorporated' 
>     device   = '86C732 Trio32, 86C764 Trio64, 86C765 Trio64V+ Rev 01' 
>     class    = display 
>     subclass = VGA 
> ed0 at pci0:13:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x802910ec rev=0x00
> hdr=0x00 
>     vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor' 
>     device   = 'RTL8029 NE2000 compatible Ethernet' 
>     class    = network 
>     subclass = ethernet 
> none1 at pci0:20:0:        class=0x030000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x02001039
> rev=0x65 hdr=0x00 
>     vendor   = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' 
>     device   = 'SiS5597/98 Onboard Graphics Controller' 
>     class    = display 
>     subclass = VGA 
> 
> 
> Which as you can see shows two video cards and no sound card. Heck, I
> dunno, I'm willing to try anything now. All help, helpful or not will be
> appreciated. 
> 
> Regards to all 
> Andrew Kozak

The fact that your card shows up in /dev/sndstat and xmms doesn't
complain is a good sign.

Install a mixer program and check that none of the channels are muted or
turned all the way down. Also check that your speakers are plugged into
the speaker jack rather than the mic jack (etc).

HTH

C. Ulrich