Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:56:31 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@noc.ntua.gr> To: Joe Fiorini <jfiorini@zoomtown.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: es1989 sound card Message-ID: <40BC7CFF.80800@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <20040531163145.XSHA25509.smtp2.fuse.net@MD0062> References: <20040531163145.XSHA25509.smtp2.fuse.net@MD0062>
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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: > > > > /dev/sndstat: > > > > Installed devices: > > pcm0: <ESS Technology Allegro-1> at io 0xac00 irq 11 (4p/1r/0v channels > duplex default) > > > > kldstat: > > > > 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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