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From: "Julian Grizzard" <jgrizza@CLEMSON.EDU>
To: "Anders Semb Hermansen" <ahermans@vf.telia.no>
Cc: "ALSA" <alsa-user@alsa.jcu.cz>
Subject: RE: Problem getting X11amp to play mp3's on PCI128
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:33:39 -0500
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Thanks a bunch!  Sure enough, now that I read the FAQ a little more
cafefully, my question was already answered.  Sorry for the trouble.  Thanks
again though!  ( Now I have a fully-functional linux system -- :D )

Julian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders Semb Hermansen [mailto:ahermans@vf.telia.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 4:50 PM
> To: Julian Grizzard
> Cc: ALSA
> Subject: Re: Problem getting X11amp to play mp3's on PCI128
>
>
> On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Julian Grizzard wrote:
>
> > I am running Slackware 3.6 with Kernel 2.0.35 and Window Maker
> on a regular
> > intel machine.  I did not install the OSS drivers for the sound card, so
> > using the ALSA drivers is my first attempt to get the Sound
> Blaster PCI128
> > sound card to work with linux. I installed the drivers
> > (alsa-driver-0.3.0-pre3.tar.gz), libs (alsa-lib-0.3.0pre3a.tar.gz), and
> > utils (alsa-utils-0.3.0-pre3.tar.gz) as the mini-how to
> described.  I edited
> > my /etc/conf.modules file which now reads:
> > 	  alias net-pf-4 off
> >         alias net-pf-5 off
> >         alias snd_dac1_frame_size-128 snd
> >         alias snd_dac2_frame_size-128 snd
> >         alias snd_adc_frame_size-128 snd
> >         keep
> >         path[pcmcia]=/lib/modules 'uname -r '
> > I also edited my /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file and added the line:
> >         /sbin/modprobe snd-audiopci
> > After rebooting and starting Window Maker, I ran a few test to see if my
> > sound card was working.  When I ran cat /proc/modules, it displayed:
> >      iBCS              28            0
> >      ds                 2            2
> >      tcic               2            2
> >      pcmcia_core        9    [ds tcic]       0
> >      psaux              1            1
> >      ne                 2            1
> >      8390               2    [ne]    0
> >      snd-audiopci       1            0
> >      snd-ens1370        3    [snd-audiopci]  0
> >      snd-pcm1           4    [snd-ens1370]   0
> >      snd-ac97-codec     3    [snd-ens1370]   0
> >      snd-mixer          4    [snd-audiopci snd-ens1370 snd-ac97-codec]
> > 0
> >      snd-midi           4    [snd-audiopci snd-ens1370]      0
> >      snd-pcm            3    [snd-audiopci snd-pcm1] 0
> >      snd                8    [snd-audiopci snd-ens1370 snd-pcm1
> > snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer         snd-midi snd-pcm]   0
> >      ppp                5            0
> >      slip               2            0
> >      slhc               2    [ppp slip]      0
> >      lp                 2            0
> > The above looked okay to me, but I was not sure if everything
> was correct?
> > I also ran cat /proc/asound/cards which gave me:
> > 0 [card1          ]: AudioPCI - Ensoniq AudioPCI
> >                      Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1370 at 0x1000, irq 11
> >
>
> Looks good.
>
> > Next I ran the amixer program and I unmuted everything.  There
> didn't seem
> > to be a problem with the mixer, except I am not sure how to
> keep the mixer
> > settings from going back to the default settings after
> rebooting?  Next, I
>
> You can save and load mixer settings with the alsactl program. See
> alsa-utils package.
>
> > played the file english.au using the cat command -- cat < english.au >
> > /dev/snd/pcm00 and that worked okay.  My problem is that when I started
> > x11amp from the wterm, it would not play any mp3 files.  When I
> hit the play
> > button, it wrote out:
> >      Unable to open the audio device
> >      Unable to reset the audio device
>
> It needs OSS emulation module to be loaded.
> modprobe snd-pcm1-oss
>
> This question is answered in the FAQ.
>
> > Also, upon looking around in the /proc/asound/ directory, I tried cat
> > /proc/asound/0/pcm0.  It displayed:
> >      ES1370 DAC2/ADC
> >
> >      Playback isn't active.
> >      Record isn't active.
> >
>
> This means that the driver is loaded but not active.
>
> >
> > I am not sure what I haven't done correctly?  I looked through the
> > trouble-shooting section in the mini-how to and it mentioned:  Make sure
> > your sound card is active.  The only documentation that I found
> on this was
> > with an ISA PnP sound card, which I don't have.  Maybe I missed
> something on
> > activating the sound card?  Maybe my conf.modules file isn't correct.  I
> > read through the INSTALL file that came with the drivers, and I
> didn't see
> > what I might have missed?  If anyone can tell me what I have
> done wrong, I
> > would greatly appreciate it!  Sorry if this email got a little
> lengthy-:D
> >
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>
> mvh
> Anders
>
> --
> Anders Semb Hermansen
> E-Mail: <ahermans@vf.telia.no>
> Cellmail: <93802837@sms.netcom.no>
>
>
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