[Alsa-user] Recording with SB PCI 16 -- AWFUL!

[Bob van der Poel]

I've sucessfully got my Soundblaster PCI 16 installed and running. Despite some negative things I've read, the output sounds very good. And the midi port works fine as well.

But, now I'm trying to get recording to work... Arrrggghhh

I've fiddled with the various mixer settings to no avail. The best I can get is static, and perhaps a faint "recording" in the background of hiss.

I can only think that I've got something not set right...

- Driver ens1371
- Driver options in /etc/modules.conf -- none, since none seem to be listed in the docs

bob$: cat /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 3).
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000 [0xe7ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 3).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=128.
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2).
Bus 0, device 4, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd80f].
Bus 0, device 4, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
Bus 0, device 4, function 3:
Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd03f].
Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2800000 [0xe2803fff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe3800000 [0xe3ffffff].

bob$ cat /proc/asound/devices
0: [0- 0]: ctl
8: [0- 0]: raw midi
17: [0- 1]: digital audio playback
16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback
24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture
1: : sequencer
33: : timer

The other point of interest, to me, is that no DMA seems to be assigned. Do PCI cards not use DMA? Or do I need to set something from BIOS?

--
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW: http://www.kootenay.com/~bvdpoel





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