Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 18:24:54 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Joe Park <joepark@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help on sound please Message-ID: <20000314182453.A239@parish> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20000314020623.00c81d70@uclink4.berkeley.edu>; from joepark@uclink4.berkeley.edu on Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 02:09:20AM -0800 References: <4.2.0.58.20000314020623.00c81d70@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 02:09:20AM -0800, Joe Park wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I finally bought a ensoniq pci audio (es1371 chip) card. First I set up
> a kernel with just this:
> ######################
> device pcm0
> ######################
>
> With that setting, I got sound. dmesg gave me this:
> ######################
> es1: <AudioPCI ES1371> rev 0x08 int a irq 3 on pci0.17.0
> pcm1: using I/O space register mapping at 0x1480
^^^^^^
[snip]
> After that, it worked just the same. I did "sh /dev/MAKEDEV snd0" but I
> don't see snd0 in /dev.(Do I need to do this every time I restart? Do I
> even need to do this? I mean it worked before I executed that
> command...I'm guessing it's needed for mixer functions) When I did
> "mixer", it says "mixer: /dev/mixer: Device not configured" I remember
> dmesg gave me identical messages as above.
>
It's found at pcm1 so you need to do ``sh MAKEDEV snd1''. Under 3.x
you specify pcm0 in the kernel config file, but that is reserved or
ISA cards. If it finds a PCI card then it is pcm1 (don't try changing
the config file to ``device pcm1 ....'' or you card will be pcm2 and
you'll have to MAKEDEV snd2).
> And that was yesterday. Today, it appears that my roommate just pressed
> reset button while I was gone. (I see that my drive was not unmounted
> properly) When I reboot, the sound worked for a while. While I was
> playing MP3, I did "sh /dev/MAKEDEV snd0" as root. (in attempt to bring
> mixer to work) A bit later, sound just stopped. dmesg gave me rows
> after rows of
> "pcm0: unit not configured, perhaps you want pcm1 ? "
Guess why ;-)
> And for some wield reason, my custom prompt stop working. Instead of
> useful info like current directory, time, etc, my prompt now gives me
> this :
> \n***** \! *** <\u@\h> *** $(dirs) *****\n\t \$
>
> I configured prompt at .profile file (I'm using bash)
Hmm, I don't use bash(1) so I can't help you with this one, but maybe
``man bash'' can.
>
> I rebuilt kernel again, thinking that it will fix the problem, but gave
> me same result. The initial dmesg while it was booting gave me correct
> messages regarding sound card (same as above). But I can't play any
> sound. Can anyone help me? I think I probably can get my sound back
> after tweaking around a bit but I still can't figure out how to improve
> sound quality. Any comments from people who has Ensoniq AudioPCI are
> appreciated. (Is yours sound ok?)
Well mine is a SB PCI128, but it's the same card re-badged by Creative
after they bought Ensoniq, and it sounds just fine. Get it working
again properly, as detailed above, and we'll take it from there.
HTH
> Does anyone know what exactly
> happened here? I mean, why my prompt all of sudden stop working? My
> other FreeBSD box with exact same .profile works.
>
> I'm using bash and FreeBSD is 3.4-stable. Sorry for long messages and
> thank you for help.
>
> Joe
>
>
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