sound on blade 1500?

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 01:28:28AM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 08:17:50PM -0500, Gary Palmer wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 12:56:52AM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 09:43:12PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 04:11:07PM -0500, Boris Kochergin wrote:
> > > > > > How can I check which chip I've got in blade 1500?
> > > > > > I couldn't find anything is dmesg
> > > > > >   
> > > > > Have a look at the output of "pciconf -lv". A device in the multimedia 
> > > > > class and audio subclass will be your sound card.
> > > > 
> > > > cool, thank you
> > > > 
> > > > none1 at pci0:0:8:0:       class=0x040100 card=0x545110b9 chip=0x545110b9 rev=0x02
> > > > hdr=0x00
> > > >     vendor     = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi/ULi)'
> > > >     device     = 'ALI M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device'
> > > >     class      = multimedia
> > > >     subclass   = audio
> > > > 
> > > > I see here
> > > > http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2009-04-2009-09.html#FreeBSD/sparc64
> > > > 
> > > > that snd_t4dwave(4) might be working on sparc64 for this device.
> > > 
> > > kind of worked:
> > > 
> > > mech-anton242# dmesg|grep pcm
> > > pcm1: <Acer Labs M5451> port 0x900-0x9ff mem 0x100000-0x100fff at device 8.0 on pci0
> > > pcm1: <Analog Devices AD1881A AC97 Codec>
> > > pcm1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > > pcm1: [ITHREAD]
> > > 
> > > mech-anton242# cat /dev/sndstat
> > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/sparc64)
> > > Installed devices:
> > > pcm1: <Acer Labs M5451> at io 0x900 irq 1956  [GIANT] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
> > > 
> > > and 'ls -al > /dev/dsp' produces some sound,
> > > however, playing a cd with cdcontrol gives only
> > > perfect silence:
> > > 
> > > cdcontrol> status
> > > Audio status = 17<playing>, current track = 1, current position = 0:25.05
> > > No media catalog info available
> > > Left volume = 255, right volume = 255
> > > cdcontrol>
> > > 
> > > The volume is max (I think) and no other obvious problems.
> > > 
> > > How can I debug this further?
> > 
> > Playing a CD normally uses an audio output from the CD drive to the
> > sound system of the motherboard rather than decoding the sound and
> > playing it back through the CPU.
> > 
> > Try the "mixer" command to see if there is separate volume controls
> > for a CD input.
> 
> HAMOR> mixer
> Mixer vol      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer line     is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer cd       is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer igain    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer line1    is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer phin     is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer phout    is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer video    is currently set to  75:75
> Recording source: mic
> HAMOR> mixer -f /dev/mixer1 
> Mixer vol      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer line     is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer cd       is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer igain    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer line1    is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer phin     is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer phout    is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer video    is currently set to  75:75
> Recording source: mic
> HAMOR> mixer cd 100
> Setting the mixer cd from 75:75 to 100:100.
> HAMOR> 
> 
> no change. I don't think the issue is in volume, because
> it's not just quiet, but completely silent. I suspect
> the cd output is just not going anywhere

apparently I need an audio cable...

got one of a PC, plugged one end to the CDR, but
can't find where to plug the other end on the motherboard..

I'getting more stupid by the minute..

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