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Subject: Problems with alsa sound drivers for Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI
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Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:23:42 -0600
From: "Kenneth P. Turvey" <kturvey@pug1.sprocketshop.com>
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I just recently purchased an Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card by Creative
labs.  My original intention was to use this card with the commercial
OSS drivers (to get the full duplex audio capabilities) and the
application Speak Freely.  Actually, someone at 4Front suggested the
card.  

Unfortunately, after jumping through several hoops, they told me that they
only supported the development kernels as a courtesy and they didn't know
why it wasn't working.  They had said it wouldn't work under 2.0.34 due
to problems with PCI, and I upgraded to 2.1.129 at their advice.

So here I am.  I have tried installing the ALSA drivers with roughly the
same level of success.  I hope that the users of this mailing list may
be able to help me get this all worked out.  Thanks in advance.

The drivers build fine, install fine, but just don't work.  When I use
'aplay' to play a long sound I get a write error and these messages in
the kernel:

Nov 27 20:47:46 pug1 kernel: snd: pcm_user_to_dma: timeout, new block discarded 
Nov 27 20:47:56 pug1 kernel: snd: snd_pcm1_flush_playback: timeout, skipping waiting blocks 
Nov 27 20:55:21 pug1 kernel: snd: snd: requested ports 0x6000-0x603f busy 

No sound is played. 

Soundcard:  Creative Labs Ensoniq AudioPCI

I activated the driver using the command line: `modprobe snd-audiopci`
I added the oss compatible drivers using: `modprobe `snd-pcm1-oss`

I didn't configure conf.modules (since I loaded the necessary drivers by
hand). 

The driver version: alsa-driver-0.2.0-pre10p1


Thanks for all your help,
-- 
Kenneth P. Turvey <kturvey@SprocketShop.com> 

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty or safety.
	-- Benjamin Franklin

