Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 05:55:51 -0600 From: Bob <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Creative SB PCI silent Message-ID: <3C5BD3C7.501929C8@earthlink.net> References: <3C5AFFD7.B93B2AFC@earthlink.net> <3C5B1FCB.E0E97558@earthlink.net>
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Bob wrote: > > Bob wrote: > > > > I'm trying to set up my system to play sounds through my Creative > > SB PCI512. > > I don't know much about sound cards, so I've followed some > > instructions I found > > in the handbook and on the web. > > I've compiled a new kernel with device pcm: > > ... > > device pci > > device pcm > > ... > > The kernel now finds the card at bootup: > > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > > pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> port 0xe000-0xe01f irq 5 at device 9.0 on > > pci0 > > > > Per instructions, I tried the following: > > $ cat /dev/sndstat > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Feb 1 2002 02:14:09 > > Installed devices: > > pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> at io 0xe000 irq 5 (4p/3r/0v channels duplex) > > > > Next, I ran /dev/MAKEDEV snd0 and looked for the new devices that > > the handboo > > k said (in section 14.4) would be created: > > $ cd /dev > > $ ls -l audio dsp dspW midi mixer music sequencer pss > > ls: midi: No such file or directory > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Feb 1 02:37 audio -> audio0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 4 Feb 1 02:37 dsp -> dsp0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 5 Feb 1 02:37 dspW -> dspW0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Feb 1 02:37 mixer -> mixer0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Feb 1 02:37 music -> music0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 4 Feb 1 02:37 pss -> pss0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 10 Feb 1 02:37 sequencer -> sequencer0 > > > > (Yes, I was up 'til the wee hours...) The handbook listed the midi > > device, b > > ut mine wasn't created. Is that because I had nothing hooked up to > > the physical > > midi port on the back of the sound card when I ran MAKEDEV? > > The handbook recommended re-making the devices if one or more were > > missing, s > > o I did so. Still, I got no midi device. > > Anyway, I've tried several different tools that should play audio > > CD's, wav a > > nd/or mp3 files, and not a peep emerges from my speakers. (Yes, > > they'r amplifie > > d and turned on.) > > . > > . > > . > > When I got ready to go online and send this message, I found that > > my modem wa > > s no longer "there." (Not as far as my kernel was concerned.) It > > happens that > > my new kernel 9with the pcm support) did not find the modem at > > bootup. The only > > other changes I made to the kernel config file were to comment out > > the CPU's th > > at I don't have: > > #cpu I386_CPU > > #cpu I486_CPU > > #cpu I586_CPU > > cpu I686_CPU > > > > My sio's are still as they were when I built the kernel that saw my > > modem: > > # Serial (COM) ports > > device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4 > > #device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3 > > #device sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5 > > #device sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9 > > > > Btw, I have an ISA modem (Creative ModemBlaster), sitting in the > > only ISA slo > > t on the mobo -- and this configuration is the only one that would > > work for me, > > while still allowing me to keep an open serial port for another toy. > > So, I rebooted to kernel.old and my modem is working, again, but, > > of course, > > my sound card is invisible to the kernel. Here's a diff of the dmesg > > outputs fr > > om my boots with and without the pcm device: > > ( < w pcm device support in kernel ) > > ( > w/o pcm device support in kernel ) > > > > 4c4 > > < FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #5: Fri Feb 1 02:14:41 CST 2002 > > --- > > > FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #4: Fri Jan 25 22:10:47 CST 2002 > > 12,13c12,13 > > < avail memory = 256421888 (250412K bytes) > > < Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc04c6000. > > --- > > > avail memory = 256724992 (250708K bytes) > > > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel.old" at 0xc047c000. > > 45c45,46 > > < pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> port 0xe000-0xe01f irq 5 at device 9.0 on > > pci0 > > --- > > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1102, dev=0x0002) at 9.0 irq 5 > > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1102, dev=0x7002) at 9.1 > > 69a71,72 > > > sio1: <Creative Modem Blaster Flash56 DI5601-1> at port 0x2f8-0x307 irq 3 on i > > sa0 > > > sio1: type 16550A > > 75,76c78 > > < dos2unixtime(): month value out of range (0) > > < pid 4031 (kdeinit), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) > > --- > > > pid 328 (gnome-smproxy), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) > > > > So... > > (1) Does anyone know what I have to do to get the pcm support and my > > modem to coexist civilly? > > (2) Does anyone know what I have to do to to get sound from the card, > > with the pcm support? Any help would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Bob > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > I was in big hurry to finish that message because I has to run... > and I left out a couple of thoughts -- an observation and a question. > The observation is that the IRQ's and addresses are different for the > modem on the one boot and the sound card on the other boot. I don't > think that can be an issue. > So, grasping at straws, I come up with question number (3): could > the order in which the devices are listed in the kernel config file > affect how the kernel handles these things? (Remember, the sound card > is PCI and the modem is ISA.) Lacking another suggestion, yet, I'll > probably try putting the pcm line at the end of the config file (in > case order does matter, so as not to mess up anything else that > already works...) and rebuild the kernel. Even if that leads to a > peasceful coexistence among my cards, it doesn't seem to answer Q > #2... > - Bob Brain cramp... the modem wasn't showing up because I didn't have my custom sio.c file in place when I build the kernel. (I had to make an entry for the Modem Blaster Flash 56 DI5601-1.) I put it back and rebuilt the kernel, which now recognizes both the modem and the sound card. So, I'm now left with only the question of what is keeping my sound card silent. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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