I have this soundchip and it has been causing me a lot of woes. The sound will work for an hour or sometimes an entire day and then it will break and I'll get this kernel error: "i810_audio: drain_dac, dma timeout?\n" My guess is that the driver still has a few bugs. But I'm no guru (don't even now how to properly report a driver bug) so don't take my word for it.
> > KDE sound works for awhile then I get kernel overload???? > I have to restart it. > Also esd still doesnt work.. for enlightenment. Is this a conflict > between esd and arts??? I prefer enlightenment so would it be better > to get rid of kde and go with enlightenment and the esd sound will > work???? > BTW I am running testing/unstable on a celeron 700 i810 w/384 ram. > here is esd output : > # esd -trust > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, > 16bit failed > Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit > failed > Trying 48Khz, 16bit stereo. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit > failed > Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, > 8bit failed > Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit > failed > Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit > failed > Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, > 8bit failed > Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit > failed > Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit > failed > Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono. > audio_alsa: no cards found!Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal. > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thank-You -- oivvio polite cell +46 (0)709 30 40 30 / phone +46 (0)8 669 64 18 / fax +46 (0)8 84 00 18 varvsgatan 10A / s-117 29 stockholm / sweden