Soudblaster Vibra 16 (sb)
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Soudblaster Vibra 16 (sb)
started by: xerex
Posted by xerex on Aug. 29 2004,11:06
Hello!Recently I installed Damn Small Linux 8.0.0 on my AST ASCENITA950N laptop. It runs fine on it, but sound doesn't work.
sndconfig doesn't find any cards, and when I select the card, it exits with the error message segmentation fault
when I try
| Code Sample |
$ insmod sb /path/sound/sb.o: unresolved symbol sb_dsp_init /path/sound/sb.o: unresolved symbol sb_dsp_detect /path/sound/sb.o: unresolved symbol sb_dsp_unload /path/sound/sb.o: unresolved symbol smw_free /path/sound/sb.o: unresolved symbol unload sbmpu /path/sound/sb.o: unresolved symbol probe_sbmpu |
anybody ever met this kind of errors? May I've got to recompile a kernel? Is there any other solution, shorter than a kernel compile?
Thank you in advance
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 29 2004,14:51
What do you see if you type " modprobe sb " or even better
" modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 " ?
If those commands return a prompt without errors, you can also try..
" modprobe opl3 "
If successful , exit X ( ctrl-alt-bksp ) and restart X " startx "
Do you see the wmix dock app in yor slit ?
The sndconfig app frequently seg-faults... not your laptops fault.
The 0.70 works better, but installs much bunk as well...
It is available thru apt-get..
Can you change the sound card parameters in your bios ?
( I thought you could on this model )
What are they set to now ? ( io , irq , dma , etc... )
Try changing the irq to 7, as yenta ide likes to grab irq5 on bootup.
73
ke4nt
Posted by xerex on Aug. 29 2004,19:26
Hello!Thank you very much for your detailed answer ke4nt1!
In BIOS, these settings are changeable, but I left them at their original values.
I tried modprobe sb io=0x220 .... and restarted X.
Sound works: I could listen to 96kbps 44kHz internetradio on a pentium 75 Mhz, 16MB RAM without lags, at 75% CPU utilization!! That's great!
I only don't know, why is it a bit silent with headphones. But music sounds better with an amplifier!
I should see if the inbuilt speaker is working.I never could imagine that once this laptop will do graphics, not mentioning sound with Linux!
Another thing I would like to ask, is how do I configure DSL, so that the soundcard is recognized and set up during boot?
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 29 2004,21:36
Add your modprobe line to your "/opt/bootlocal.sh" ..Make sure the text "/opt/bootlocal.sh" is in
your /home/dsl/filetool.lst ..
After you have completed a backup,
if you use the "restore=yourbackuplocation" when you boot,
the settings will automagically be restored with every boot.
If this is a HDInstall , simply edit the /opt/bootlocal.sh
And the little red dot on the circle in your wmix dock app
is your mixer settings/volume control ..
Click & Drag with your mouse ..
Check both PCM/wave volume, and master volume.
73
ke4nt
Posted by Headhunter on Dec. 15 2005,16:56
| Quote (xerex @ Aug. 29 2004,15:26) |
| Sound works: I could listen to 96kbps 44kHz internetradio on a pentium 75 Mhz, 16MB RAM without lags, at 75% CPU utilization!! That's great! |
Hi all.
I. ve to got a ast 950n.. How do you do to get 75% cpu load
I.ve got 32mb ram and still got a lag.. all the time.. Hmm
Greatfull for answers..
Posted by xerex on Jan. 17 2006,00:37
by doing only one thing at a time