From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 1 05:56:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5ECE16A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 05:56:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (ulysses.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.222.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0FEE43D45 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 05:56:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from ajax.noc.ntua.gr (ajax.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.1]) by ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i51CuWK5095472; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:56:32 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from [147.102.220.45] (hal.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.45]) by ajax.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i51CuVeW082370; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:56:32 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Message-ID: <40BC7CFF.80800@noc.ntua.gr> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:56:31 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: NTUA/NMC User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040510) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Fiorini References: <20040531163145.XSHA25509.smtp2.fuse.net@MD0062> In-Reply-To: <20040531163145.XSHA25509.smtp2.fuse.net@MD0062> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: es1989 sound card X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:56:36 -0000 Joe Fiorini wrote: > I'm having trouble with my ESS sound card. I'm not sure which model it is, > but I do know that it's an es1989 chipset. Here's what I have so far: > > > > /dev/sndstat: > > > > Installed devices: > > pcm0: at io 0xac00 irq 11 (4p/1r/0v channels > duplex default) > > > > kldstat: > > > > Id Refs Address Size Name > > 2 1 0xc0a52000 93c8 snd_maestro3.ko > > > > (I believe this is correct: when I changed loader.conf to load all sound > drivers, it also loaded this one automatically.) > > > > grep pcm0 /var/run/dmesg.boot > > pcm0: port 0xac00-0xacff irq 11 at device 16.0 on > pci0 > > pcm0: failed to enable memory mapping! > > pcm0: > > > > The problem is every program I've tried (mpg123, and the Gnome sound > preferences applet) will "play" a file, but no sound will come out. I'm not > receiving any error messages, and I've messed with my speakers' > configuration. Anybody have any ideas? Is it because of the failed memory > mapping error message? Definitely not. I get that too on my HP Omnibook with a similar sound chip and it is harmless. What is the output of the 'mixer' command? Also could you try 'vmstat -i' before and after playing something (using mpg123 for instance)? Cheers, -- Panagiotis Astithas Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD Network Management Center National Technical University of Athens, Greece