ESS1869

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: ESS1869
started by: raysr

Posted by raysr on Aug. 27 2004,03:51

How can I get DSL XMMS to work with ESS1869 sound card? What driver? I've tried soundblaster wiith sndconfig with no luck. There's a driver for windoze here < http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/31/31155.htm > but I can't find anything for Linux.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 27 2004,08:37

What happens when you try these...
"modprobe sb esstype=0 "
or
"modprobe esssolo1" ?

73
ke4nt

Posted by raysr on Aug. 28 2004,02:46

Thanks for the reply. "modprobe sb esstype=0" got no response. "modprobe essolo1" got me this:/lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/esssol1.o:init_module:No such device
Hint:insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/esssolo1.o:insmod/lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/esssolo1.o failed.
Got this in terminal root.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 28 2004,04:20

Quote

Thanks for the reply. "modprobe sb esstype=0" got no response.

This is usually GOOD NEWS..
Did you truly get a return to prompt with no error messages?

After doing this, can you exit X ( ctrl-alt-bksp )
Then "startx" to get your desktop back..
Do you see the wmix mixer at the bottom of your slit (dock ) ?

The esssolo1 is for the more beefy versions of ess cards.
So I expected a negative response...

I still feel we are close..
Perhaps some experimenting with the io, irq, and dma info..
What did the " insmod opl3" do for you ?

73
ke4nt

Posted by raysr on Aug. 28 2004,05:12

"Using /lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o"

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 28 2004,06:18

Quote

"Using /lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o"

You are really close to having this licked..

2.4.22- xfs ?? ??

Can you get a copy of the new DSL 0.8.0 ?
I've already had better hardware support with it than 0.7.3

At least we'll be on the same page...

73
ke4nt

Posted by raysr on Aug. 29 2004,03:59

OK, sent for .8. I've been using 6.3. Pick it up again in a couple of days. Thanks.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 29 2004,04:30

I've been doing a little study myself.....
Try this...

If you can access your soundcard settings in your bios,
change your irq to 7 - it seems the yenta IDE grabs irq5 on my box
If not, try this anyway using irq=5 in place of irq=7..

" sudo su " to root...

" rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

then exit X ( ctrl-alt-bksp ) and restart " startx "
Do you see the wmix mixer app ?

73
ke4nt

Posted by raysr on Aug. 29 2004,19:46

soundcore: Device or resource is busy
modprobe: insmod sbio=0x220 failed

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 29 2004,21:45

What kind of computer is this we're troubleshooting?

Please "sudo su" to root in a shell,
run the command "lsmod"
post the output to this thread...

If "rmmod soundcore" is ineffective, we need to know
"what" is using it...

73
ke4nt

Posted by raysr on Aug. 30 2004,03:44

Packard Bell, 200mhz pros., 128M Ram, 2G hhd.

module Size Used by Not tainted
mousedev 3832 0(unused)
hid 21380 0(unused)
input 3168 0[mousedev hid]
sb 7796 0(unused)
sb_lib 33518 0[sb]
uart401 6052 0[sb_lib]
sound 55244 0 [sb_lib uart401]
soundcore 3428 4[sb_lib sound]
serial 51972 0(autoclean)
usb-ohci 18184 0(unused)
usbcore 57472 1[hid usb-ohci]
apm 9768 1
rtc 6908 0(autoclean)

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 30 2004,07:07

Is this from a fresh boot, or after you ran the modprobe commands?

I see everything in there that should be there for a successful detection.
Do you get a wmix dock app when you fresh boot ?
( lower right hand corner )

Again. could be dealing with the bad irq issue..

73
ke4nt

Posted by raysr on Aug. 30 2004,17:45

Yes, boot was fresh and wmix was up. ?

Posted by raysr on Aug. 30 2004,22:59

First let me say I'm no expert when it comes to computers, but I'm not an idiot either. However, I got to thinking that maybe the speakers were plugged in the wrong hole, even though the color codeing matched, green plug into green hole. Well, I moved it to the orange hole and it worked. Thank you so much for all your help.
Raysr

Posted by schopenhauer101 on Aug. 31 2004,00:29

A good thing that might work with various soundcard-trouble can be found here:

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....auer101 >

Take care

/Björn

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 31 2004,03:27

schopenhauer101,

A very good contrib and post...
Nice to hear a success story !
I have referred several people recently
to view your post who have es1879 issues...

Thanks,

73
ke4nt

Posted by MOFO on Aug. 31 2004,05:00

i have an ess1869, and i followed these instructions...YAY it works! but,....when i try to play mp3s in XMMS, it stutters and skips like all hell...even though processor usage is less than 30%

any ideaS?

Posted by raysr on Aug. 31 2004,22:41

I wrote to this thread too soon myself. I, too, have skipping, after 30 seconds of streaming, even on the "LinuxShow", streaming starts skipping to a point it can't be listened to. It's not buffering, it's like a stuck record.

Posted by TEX on Sep. 18 2004,11:34

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Aug. 29 2004,00:30)

[QUOTE]
I've been doing a little study myself.....
Try this...

If you can access your soundcard settings in your bios,
change your irq to 7 - it seems the yenta IDE grabs irq5 on my box
If not, try this anyway using irq=5 in place of irq=7..

" sudo su " to root...

" rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

then exit X ( ctrl-alt-bksp ) and restart " startx "
Do you see the wmix mixer app ?

73
ke4nt

Posted by kbrown on Sep. 19 2004,02:50

I have a GW Solo 5150 with ESS 1879 and this procedure
worked: sudo su to root,
"rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "
exit x
startx

I am so happy to see sound! Now I wonder how I can make these settings boot up each time? I have a live cd 8.1.1.
Thanks!

Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 19 2004,06:37

Put these 3 lines in your opt/bootlocal.sh file

"rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

Make sure the line

opt/bootlocal.sh

is in your /home/dsl/filetool.lst
Then make your backup to a floppy/partition/usbkey/whatever.
When you reboot, add the restore text to your startup.
For ex: If you wrote your backup to hda3, use

restore=hda3

in your startup text..
I use

" dsl dma toram fromhd=hda3 mydsl=hda3 restore=hda3 "
The CD only boots my computer in this example ..

73
ke4nt

Posted by kbrown on Sep. 20 2004,08:52

Hi ke4nt
I appreciate your reply, thanks!
Does that startup text have to be entered somewhere in the filetool or opt? It seems I am lacking the understanding of how to make the computer "see" that my hard drive hda5 is where the backup is. I noticed during bootup a message appears that says "Automounter started for floppy, cdrom" Then, later, an I/O error ...something saying the boot sector cannot be read on the floppy. I guess it cannot find a floppy and doesn't look for a hd. How do I make dsl look for hda5? I have used the command dsl restore = hda5 at boot. Sorry, but I am a barely 1 month Linux Newbie. This is the greatest stuff since cream puffs, lol.

Posted by Lef on Oct. 17 2004,20:43

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Aug. 29 2004,00:30)

Hello from Greece!

I've been watching this forum closely since I'm trying to install DSL on my old laptop, a Compaq Armada 1580DT (P150,32MB RAM,2.1GBHD).

Got the same problem with the sound.

Tried ke4nt's instructions and got the soundchip to work. Note: irq=5 worked for me.

Posted by somerville32@hotmail.com on Oct. 18 2004,00:56

I have the same soundchip as well. I found that if I used sound configuration utility, it screwed it up. If I didn't touch it then it worked fine

Posted by Necrotic on Oct. 21 2004,20:30

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Sep. 19 2004,02:37)

Put these 3 lines in your opt/bootlocal.sh file

"rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

73
ke4nt

on my Compaq Armada 3500 with ESS1869 it's like that:

"rmmod soundcore"
"modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330"

I/O address cand be found by running Compaq Diagnostics Utility.

Thank you ke4nt!