From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Aug 28 03:06:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA20126 for mobile-outgoing; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 03:06:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA20121 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 03:05:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA04705; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:34:15 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199708281004.TAA04705@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Marko Schuetz cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.1: Voxware on ESS688???? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:08:44 +0200." <199708271908.VAA00359@kinetic.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:34:13 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have a Toshiba Portege 610CT, which to my knowledge has a ESS688 > sound chip that should be SoundBlaster compatible. I tried different > setups of the kernel including IRQs 5 and 7, but when sending > > kinetic% file audio.au > audio.au: Sun/NeXT audio data: 8-bit linear PCM [REF-PCM], mono, 11127 Hz > > this file to /dev/audio I get short bursts of noise followed by a > short pause and this repeats. In the pauses > > Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? > > is issued to the console. > > This is starting to become frustrating! > > What am I doing wrong? It would appear that you have an IRQ or DRQ configuration error. This should be obvious. I actually have a similar Toshiba (a Satellite 220CDS), which exhibits similar symptoms. My current suspicion is that the sound hardware is partially PnP, and am investigating. mike