i found what was the problem i wasnt in the audio group ... but what is strange is that in xmms i cant change the volume of an mp3 ? is this normal, or is there any way to change the volume by another tool ?
thanks bruno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noah Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bruno Waes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: Re: alsa sound on vaio (neomagic 256qv) chipset / ymfpci > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I think you're on the right track here. I ran in to the exact same > problem with ALSA on my PCG-XG28 (or whatever it is) with the same audio > hardware. > > It turned out that I had everything set up just fine in Linux and that I > needed to change a BIOS setting. You need to tell it that there is > *not* a PnP OS installed, which will cause the BIOS to initialize all > the PCI stuff. > > Enter the BIOS by pressing <F2> at boot time (when the Vaio logo is > displayed). > > HTH, > noah > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:39:09PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote: > > I have put debian 2.2 on my sony vaio F180, this laptop uses a Neomagic > > 256AV chipset, this is an integrated sound and graphic adapter. > > > > I had no problem configuring the graphics adapter as now x and helixgnome is > > running smoothly. > > > > but i have some problems with the sound, i installed from source the alsa > > 0.58b drivers, because i read on several sites that the Yamaha ymfpci driver > > works with this card. > > > > in my kernel (2.2.17) i have soundsupport selected but no sound card > > selected as was in the howto of alsa ... > > > > but when i try to load the drive with modprobe snd-card-ymfpci > > > > then i get some errors > > > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: Device or resource > > busy > > Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > ... > > insmod failed ... > > > > > > so i get when i do a 'cat /proc/asound/cards' > > --- no soundcards --- > > > > but that has to be, as i found on a website with someone with another vaio > > with the same chipset ... > > 0 [card1 ]: YMFPCI - Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF744) > > Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF744) at 0xfecf0000, irq 9 > > > > now what do i do ? do i need to set the IO and IRQ ? as in the hint, but how > > do i do that ? this is a pci device ... so pnp has nothing to do with it i > > think ? > > > > thanks in advance > > > > bruno > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - -- > Noah Meyerhans > MIT LCS > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE5x4lvYrVLjBFATsMRAsO1AJ0bEwXWM21L+d6G61LEEv3hASEoVwCfbNP1 > JNXz+ZO4LhnwqayP0DL7Xyc= > =20il > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
