Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > > Kent West wrote: > > > > > According to the howto I'm following (sortta - it appears to be out of > > > date, maybe?), I'm supposed to be able to give the command "cat > > > /dev/sndstat" and get a list of info on my sound card. Yet when I try, I > > > get "cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device". Yet when I do an "ls -l > > > \dev\snd*" I get: > > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 6 Oct 1 16:46 /dev/sndstat > > > which is pretty much what the howto suggests I should get. > > > > > > If I run "saytime" or play some other sound utility, etc, I hear a dit, > > > like something's being played VERY fast, so I suspect it may be related > > > to an IRQ conflict or something, but this is a PCI card (ES137x) which I > > > thought was more or less PnP. Of course I'm still very green in > > > LinuxLand, so it could be something very simple that I'm > > > stupidly/ignorantly overlooking. > > > > > > Apparently the dmesg "queue" has been replaced with other system events > > > since the last reboot; is there anyway I can get to that information > > > without rebooting (after all, reboots are for that other OS...)? > > > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > I did a "rmmod es1371" and then an "insmod es1371" and then was able to see > > some info > > via dmesg. dmesg returned: > > > > es1371: unloading > > es1371: version v0.11 time 15:59:48 Sep 10 1999 > > es1371: found adapter at io 0x1080 irq 11 > > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > > es1371: codec vendor CRY revision 3 > > es1371: codec features Headphone out 18bit DAC 18bit ADC > > es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement > > es1371: unloading > > es1370: version v0.20 time 15:59:44 Sep 10 1999 > > es1371: version v0.11 time 15:59:48 Sep 10 1999 > > es1371: found adapter at io 0x1080 irq 11 > > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > > es1371: codec vendor CRY revision 3 > > es1371: codec features Headphone out 18bit DAC 18bit ADC > > es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement > > > > Does this look okay? > > > > Related question: Do I need isapnptools for a PCI card (I don't think so). > > Should > > "pnpdump" return any info on this card? The last line is "#No boards > > found". Or is > > "pnpdump" just for ISA PnP cards? > > > > Thanks. > > This is the configuration of my kernel (as indicated by > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.9/.config): > # > # Sound > # > CONFIG_SOUND=m > CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=m > CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371=m > # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set > # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set > # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set > # CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set > > and this is the contents of /etc/modules: > > #auto > nfs > smbfs > vfat > psaux > serial > lp > 3c59x > es1371 > > I've tried an "insmod sound" (as per some HOWTOs), but all I get back is: > insmod: sound: no module by that name found
The results of "cat /proc/modules": es1371 22444 0 vmnet 9840 4 vmmon 14404 1 nls_cp437 3580 1 (autoclean) soundcore 2340 4 [es1371] 3c59x 18696 1 vfat 11292 1 fat 24608 1 [vfat] smbfs 26808 2 nfs 30584 0 (unused) lockd 31784 0 [nfs] sunrpc 53508 0 [nfs lockd]
