From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 13 8:27:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E374137B400 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16C4343E65 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:27:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.2] (vpn-client-2.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.2]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8DFOUiv018588; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:24:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: Inspiron 8000 & Maestro 3 From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Matthew Luckie Cc: "M. Warner Losh" , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3D81A0F3.6090203@ihug.co.nz> References: <20020315203747.G73932-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> <3C92A392.10209@ihug.co. nz> <20020315.211417.16265646.imp@village.org> <3D81A0F3.6090203@ihug.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 13 Sep 2002 11:27:04 -0400 Message-Id: <1031930827.657.6.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,AWL version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 04:25, Matthew Luckie wrote: > This is a reply to a really old message from back in March. I reported > that the sound was sounding slow on my dell inspiron 8000 with a maestro > 3 sound card. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=191566+193956+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-mobile/20020317.freebsd-mobile > > I just figured out what was going on. > > I run wmbattery in the windowmaker dock. Each second it polls for the > status of the batteries, which coincides with the sound slowing down > briefly. If I use /usr/sbin/apm I get the same slow-down as wmbattery. > > I'm not sure if this is specific to my laptop (Inspiron 8000 with a > maestro3 soundcard running FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE from a few hours ago) > but I'd thought I'd report it anyway. You're right. I'f I kick off xmms, then run apm a few times, the sounds slows down and distorts. It actually adds a nice effect when listening to Disturbed ;-). I usually never run battstat programs since this laptop is almost always plugged in. Even rtprio doesn't help anything. Joe > > > : > Sound works great for me on my Maestro3 in my 8100. However, I load the > > : > module from loader.conf. I had some problems loading it after booting. > > : > The only change to the driver was a return code change a few weeks ago. > > : > It hasn't been MFC'd yet, but I don't think it would contribute to popping > > : > sounds. > > : > > : well i've loaded it from loader.conf and it hasnt made any difference. > > : it almost sounds like the music is running slow. > > pcm0: port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xf6ffe000-0xf6ffffff irq 5 at device 3.0 on pci2 > > ... > > > > xmms works for me when I do this. I'm using the maestro3 code that's > > in the tree without any special hacks. > > > > I do sometimes need to do rtprio on xmms when the interrupt latency > > sucks, but i haven't had to do that since xmas or so. > > > > Warner > > > > > > -- > Matthew Luckie > kluckie@ihug.co.nz > > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message