Very Computer

by **Simon Brook** » Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:11:54

I have an ES1371 installed in a twin processor machine running Debian
2.2. I have compiled a kernel with the ES1371 driver in, and that is
undoubtedly the kernel I am using:

bash-2.03$ more /proc/version

(Debian GNU/Linux)) #12 SMP Fri Dec 22 10:41:19 GMT 2000

As the system starts up, the ES1371 card is correctly found:

bash-2.03$ dmesg | grep es1371
es1371: version v0.22 time 10:34:24 Dec 22 2000
es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x06
es1371: found es1371 rev 6 at io 0xb800 irq 10
es1371: features: joystick 0x200
es1371: codec vendor TRA (0x545241) revision 35 (0x23)
es1371: codec features none
es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement

The card shows up correctly in interrupts:

gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/interrupts
10: 693 882 IO-APIC-level es1371

And in PCI:

gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/pci
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 6).

So the card is there and is at least responding to the system. However,
sound does not work and /dev/sndstat reports that the device isn't
there:

gododdin:/usr/src/linux# cat /dev/sndstat
cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device

According to the Sound-HOWTO,

'"No such device" means that sound driver is not loaded
or linked into kernel. Go back to section 4.2 to correct this.'

This is emphatically not the case. I have checked, and checked, and
checked again. I've also compiled kernels with the ES1371 driver as a
module, but they don't work either (same symptoms).

The sound used to work when the machine was running Mandrake 7.0; there
have been no hardware changes.

Any suggestions?

--

[ This .sig subject to change without notice ]

by **Heiko Brünin** » Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:22:02

Hi Simon.

I've got the same soundcard with kernel 2.2.17 incl. es1371-driver. my sndstat
shows the same as yours, but my sound works. I'm running RedHat 6.2. So maybe
something with your start-scripts is wrong.

Greetings Heiko.

Am Fre, 22 Dez 2000 hat Simon Brooke geschrieben:

>I have an ES1371 installed in a twin processor machine running Debian
>2.2. I have compiled a kernel with the ES1371 driver in, and that is
>undoubtedly the kernel I am using:

>bash-2.03$ more /proc/version

>(Debian GNU/Linux)) #12 SMP Fri Dec 22 10:41:19 GMT 2000

>As the system starts up, the ES1371 card is correctly found:

>bash-2.03$ dmesg | grep es1371
>es1371: version v0.22 time 10:34:24 Dec 22 2000
>es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x06
>es1371: found es1371 rev 6 at io 0xb800 irq 10
>es1371: features: joystick 0x200
>es1371: codec vendor TRA (0x545241) revision 35 (0x23)
>es1371: codec features none
>es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement

>The card shows up correctly in interrupts:

>gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/interrupts
> 10: 693 882 IO-APIC-level es1371

>And in PCI:

>gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/pci
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 6).

>So the card is there and is at least responding to the system. However,
>sound does not work and /dev/sndstat reports that the device isn't
>there:

>gododdin:/usr/src/linux# cat /dev/sndstat
>cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device

>According to the Sound-HOWTO,

>'"No such device" means that sound driver is not loaded
> or linked into kernel. Go back to section 4.2 to correct this.'

>This is emphatically not the case. I have checked, and checked, and
>checked again. I've also compiled kernels with the ES1371 driver as a
>module, but they don't work either (same symptoms).

>The sound used to work when the machine was running Mandrake 7.0; there
>have been no hardware changes.

>Any suggestions?

>--

> [ This .sig subject to change without notice ]

by **Dances With Cro** » Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:21:13

>Am Fre, 22 Dez 2000 hat Simon Brooke geschrieben:
>>I have an ES1371 installed in a twin processor machine running Debian
>>2.2. I have compiled a kernel with the ES1371 driver in, and that is
>>undoubtedly the kernel I am using:

>>bash-2.03$ more /proc/version

>>bash-2.03$ dmesg | grep es1371
>>es1371: version v0.22 time 10:34:24 Dec 22 2000
>>gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/interrupts
>> 10: 693 882 IO-APIC-level es1371
>>gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/pci
>> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 6).

>>So the card is there and is at least responding to the system. However,
>>sound does not work and /dev/sndstat reports that the device isn't
>>there:

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:22:02 +0100, Heiko Brning staggered into the
Black Sun and said:

Quote:>I've got the same soundcard with kernel 2.2.17 incl. es1371-driver. my
>sndstat shows the same as yours, but my sound works. I'm running RedHat
>6.2. So maybe something with your start-scripts is wrong.

The ES1371 does not implement /dev/sndstat at all, so don't worry if you
can't access it. (See the es1371.c file for a partial explanation...)
If the module loads correctly (which it obviously has) and the mixer
setting is good (make sure the sound isn't at 0% volume) and the
permissions on /dev/dsp are OK (0666 if you want everyone to be able to
play sounds) then I don't really know what could be going wrong.

I have noticed that if I try to start esd, though, sound stops. I think
this is a configuration problem on my end; I'm running KDE2 and don't
use esd for anything, but some GNOME programs want to start esd up every
time they start up. I think my problem is related to esd and artsd
fighting over /dev/dsp, so you might want to check for odd things like
that if all the other stuff is OK. BTW, my ES1371 is also Revision 6
according to /proc/pci , although I'm running a uniprocessor machine
without IO-APIC. Some sound cards don't like SMP very much, but I
could've sworn the ES1371 was fine with SMP. (wanders off, scratching
head....)

--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
-----------------------------/ I hit a seg fault....

by **Robert Ham** » Mon, 25 Dec 2000 04:58:38

:
: I have noticed that if I try to start esd, though, sound stops. I think
: this is a configuration problem on my end; I'm running KDE2 and don't
: use esd for anything, but some GNOME programs want to start esd up every
: time they start up. I think my problem is related to esd and artsd
: fighting over /dev/dsp, so you might want to check for odd things like
: that if all the other stuff is OK.

I had the same problem (?). Changing auto_spawn=1 in /etc/esd.conf to
auto_spawn=0 helped.

rh

by **Jonathan DeSen** » Thu, 04 Jan 2001 23:09:21

> I have an ES1371 installed in a twin processor machine running Debian
> 2.2. I have compiled a kernel with the ES1371 driver in, and that is
> undoubtedly the kernel I am using:

> bash-2.03$ more /proc/version

> (Debian GNU/Linux)) #12 SMP Fri Dec 22 10:41:19 GMT 2000

> As the system starts up, the ES1371 card is correctly found:

> bash-2.03$ dmesg | grep es1371
> es1371: version v0.22 time 10:34:24 Dec 22 2000
> es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x06
> es1371: found es1371 rev 6 at io 0xb800 irq 10
> es1371: features: joystick 0x200
> es1371: codec vendor TRA (0x545241) revision 35 (0x23)
> es1371: codec features none
> es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement

> The card shows up correctly in interrupts:

> gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/interrupts
> 10: 693 882 IO-APIC-level es1371

> And in PCI:

> gododdin:/usr/src/linux# grep 1371 /proc/pci
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 6).

> So the card is there and is at least responding to the system. However,
> sound does not work and /dev/sndstat reports that the device isn't
> there:

> gododdin:/usr/src/linux# cat /dev/sndstat
> cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device

> According to the Sound-HOWTO,

> '"No such device" means that sound driver is not loaded
> or linked into kernel. Go back to section 4.2 to correct this.'

> This is emphatically not the case. I have checked, and checked, and
> checked again. I've also compiled kernels with the ES1371 driver as a
> module, but they don't work either (same symptoms).

> The sound used to work when the machine was running Mandrake 7.0; there
> have been no hardware changes.

> Any suggestions?

I have the same problem (at least the symptoms look the same) for the same
card. Except, my card has _never_ worked under Linux for me, and that
includes Mandrake versions 6.something, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2. I have also
tried many different kernels, including some of the 2.4.0test kernels,
trying both directly compiled in sound and modules.

I even posted to this newsgroup a year or so ago, got some replies, but
nothing worked. This has been the case now on TWO separate (altough
similar) computers with the same card. And, yes, I have set the mixer
correctly.

I had pretty much given up on this card, but if you (or anyone with similar
problem) get it working, please explain how.

Thanks,
Jon

Very Computer

ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...

ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...

ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...

ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...

ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...

ES1371 soundcard setup problem - not the usual one...