From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Aug 28 06:25:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA27363 for mobile-outgoing; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 06:25:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de [141.2.5.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA27355 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 06:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708281325.GAA27355@hub.freebsd.org> Received: by kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA20000; Thu, 28 Aug 97 15:25:02 +0200 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 97 15:25:02 +0200 From: Marko Schuetz To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.1: Voxware on ESS688???? In-Reply-To: <199708271908.VAA00359@kinetic.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> References: <199708271908.VAA00359@kinetic.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.66) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Marko" == Marko Schuetz writes: Marko> I have a Toshiba Portege 610CT, which to my knowledge has a ESS688 Marko> sound chip that should be SoundBlaster compatible. I tried different Marko> setups of the kernel including IRQs 5 and 7, but when sending Marko> kinetic% file audio.au Marko> audio.au: Sun/NeXT audio data: 8-bit linear PCM [REF-PCM], mono, 11127 Hz Marko> this file to /dev/audio I get short bursts of noise followed by a Marko> short pause and this repeats. In the pauses Marko> Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? Marko> is issued to the console. Marko> This is starting to become frustrating! Marko> What am I doing wrong? Marko> Marko It seems my problem was solved by a helpful person from Toshibas support hotline informing me of the possibility to change sound IRQ in the BIOS setup. It never occured to me that it might be configurable via the BIOS... Marko