Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 19:04:07 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: "Adam D. Gorski" <agorski@engin.umich.edu> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SB problem (was: Cat'ing /dev/audio) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203291903030.11448-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.33.0203291951340.11223-100000@and.engin.umich.edu>
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you have pretty much exhausted all of the things that i can think off. if you get it to work, plz let me know :-( On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Adam D. Gorski wrote: > Ok, several responses to various recommendations/ideas are included here.. > first off.. I installed sox and performed the suggested downsampling. I took > a 44khz wav file and converted it to 38Khz, 22Khz, and 8Khz... all wav files > prdouced the same screeching as the 44Khz one. > > Next, I recompiled mpg123 and my kernel with i386 instead of p2 in > make.conf. That made no difference. > > I built my system up from source. After an initial 'bare' console install, I > did a cvsup to get /usr/src and /usr/ports, made world, made the kernel, > made X, etc., all using the optimizations I've mentioned. I do everything > 'properly' if you will, so for the kernel I started with the GENERIC file > which I modified based on reading LINT and various documents, and I compiled > it using 'make kernel KERNCONF=MYCONF'. As far as I know, I have done > everything 'according to the rules.' > > As I've said, 2 of my friends run the exact same card under 4.5 with no > problems... but let's not forget that my SP 64 (es1370) experiences the same > problem. It _could_ be that my clock is fast, but that would be odd... my > system was pretty good back in 98 when I built it.. just in case any of this > means anything: > > Asus P2B w/ P2-450 > Matrox G200 > 256MB ram > Promise ATA/100 Controller -> IBM Deskstar 20 gig, 7200 (BSD's Home :)) > Various other driver, nics, etc. > > The box has been humming flawlessly since I've put it together, with almost > no down time (other than moving from apartment to apartment). It ran Win98 > fine back in the day, then housed Linux for 2+ years... I figured I'd have > seen problems if there were any serious ones. > > Sorry to all those who don't give a crap, I didn't mean to spam this list > with my rather minor problem, but I don't really know who else to turn to :\ > > - Adam > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, John Utz wrote: > > ::On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Adam D. Gorski wrote: > :: > ::> Well, I re-compiled mpg123 for i386, but it's still crackling... did you > ::> mean that I should recompile my whole system form the bottom up? I hope > ::> not... > :: > ::did you recompile the entire box with p2? if you did, then you probably > ::should recompile the whole thing. > :: > ::if you just compiled the kernel and the mods with p2, then just recompile > ::and reinstall those. > :: > ::refresh my memory, did you rebuild the whole machine from src? or did u > ::just do the kernel? > :: > ::and if you just did the kernel, did u just copy the kernel up to / or did > ::you do a make install? > :: > ::if you rebuilt the kernel and modules but didnt do a make install and > ::copied the kernel to / instead, then you have a kernel that was built with > ::p2 and modules that where not. > :: > ::> - Adam > ::> > ::> ::my current supposition is a math error, because i know that gcc with the > ::> ::more specialized cpu architecture setups isnt particularly well tested, > ::> ::and it's tested even less on freebsd! furthermore, preparing oggs and > ::> ::mp3's for play is a math intensive process, so any goof ups in the math > ::> ::code would be painfully evident. > ::> :: > ::> ::but, i am guessing. > ::> :: > ::> :: > ::> :: > ::> ::> Rahul > ::> ::> > ::> :: > ::> ::-- > ::> :: > ::> ::John L. Utz III > ::> ::john@utzweb.net > ::> :: > ::> ::Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life > ::> :: > ::> :: > ::> > :: > ::-- > :: > ::John L. Utz III > ::john@utzweb.net > :: > ::Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life > :: > :: > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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