Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:39:57 +0200 From: Jean-Sebastien ROY <jean-sebastien.roy@wanadoo.fr> To: doug.pokorny@intel.com (Pokorny, Doug) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Soundblaster 128 problems Message-ID: <jean-sebastien.roy-85CA67.20395727042001@durandal.root> References: <4DD3005D05B4D311AC460090278570C103039B1D@fmsmsx89.fm.intel.com>
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In article <4DD3005D05B4D311AC460090278570C103039B1D@fmsmsx89.fm.intel.com>, doug.pokorny@intel.com (Pokorny, Doug) wrote: > > From: Jean-Sebastien ROY [mailto:jean-sebastien.roy@wanadoo.fr] > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 10:34 AM > > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Soundblaster 128 problems > > > > > > In article <20010105134330.D17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>, > > dl@leo.org (Daniel Lang) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've recently bought a Soundblaster 128 PCI. > > > Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work properly. > > > > > > Environment: > > > FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE, using pcm driver. > > > The driver detects the card (which looks correct) like: > > > [..] > > > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> port 0xb800-0xb83f irq 9 at device > > 13.0 on pci0 > > > (port, irq and device may vary) > > > > > > I rebuilt snd0 and pcaudio in /dev. > > > > > > Now I get sound, but not correct. > > > > > > If try to play an mpeg-file via mpg123 (new installed of course, > > > including required libraries), it plays it, but it sounds > > > very slow, distorted and single-channel. > > > [...] > > > > I have the exactly same problem too (with the same card and 4.3 RC). > > > > Did you manage to solve it ? > > > > Thanks, > > Have you tried playing a file with splay? I've got an Abit BE6-II based > system with a SoundBlaster PCI-128. > > This system is currently running 4.3-STABLE, but it has run everything from > 4.0-RC through 4.3-STABLE with bi-weekly cvsups. > > Its only role is to play mp3s 24x7, so problems with the sound card would > have been immediately noticed. Searching in the mailling lists, I found a message from Greg Rumple in freebsd-current (the thread 'Soundblaster 64 PCI' describe the very same problem I'm having) : > This is the same problem I am having with a Soundblaster 16 PCI on > 4.2-STABLE. I found a work around for it. It appears that there is > something that is being un-initialized by the FreeBSD es1371 driver that > other OS's do set. I have built a linux boot floppy, boot it, modprobe > the linux es1371 driver, and than reboot into FreeBSD and the problem is > gone. And until I power off the machine, the card works fine. > > I have brought this up several times on the freebsd-multimedia list, but > have gone un-noticed each time. > > Anyway, I have found a lame work around, until it is fixed properly. > > Greg So I tried the FreeBSD OSS sound driver (which works), unloaded it, and reloaded the original pcm driver, which works correctly then. I powered down my machine, restarted it, loaded the pcm driver, tried splay : same problem as before, the sound is distorted. js To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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