compaq sound

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: compaq sound
started by: JohnJS

Posted by JohnJS on Dec. 20 2006,23:38

Is Compaq deskpro PIII 600mhz sound compatible with DSL 3.0.1?
Just obtained this computer and am trying to get the sound to work. It works under Win2k.
info:
ES1869 pnp audio drive (wdm)
irq5
i/o port 0x0220-0x022f
i/o port 0x0388-0x038b
i/o port 0x0330-0x0331.
Is the reading from 'device manager' in Win2k.
My PII 233mhz sound works with:
modprobe opl3 io-0x388
modprobe opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 ymode=0 isapnp=1 multiple=0.
TIA.

Posted by u2musicmike on Dec. 21 2006,01:30

I have a compaq laptop with a similar sound card. I just use the generic sound blaster modprobe:

modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=0 dma16=1 mpu_io=0x300
modprobe opl3 io=0x388

Posted by JohnJS on Dec. 21 2006,17:25

Many Thanks.
Will try it later today.
Merry Christmas.

Posted by JohnJS on Dec. 21 2006,21:04

Hi u2musicmike,
Tried your info. I now get xmms to play the video okay, but the audio only has clicking noises.
Any suggestions?.
Thanks.

Posted by u2musicmike on Dec. 21 2006,23:38

I had a lot of trouble getting sound working on my laptop and when I got into the BIOS the sound card was disabled. Compaq laptops have a partition on the harddrive that I had to rebuild to change the BIOS settings.

I don't think any of this applies to a desktop so maybe changing mpu_io=0x300 to mpu_io=0x330 might help.

You might need to start fresh and there is a command to unload the sound module so try this:

rmmod sound

or

rmmod soundcore

then

modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=0 dma16=1 mpu_io=0x330
modprobe opl3 io=0x388

if it works put the modprobe lines in:

/opt/bootlocal.sh

Posted by JohnJS on Dec. 23 2006,21:00

Hi u2musicmike,
Tried your recommendation. Still no sound.
By the way am using built-in speakers. If that makes any difference.
Happy Holidays.

Posted by JohnJS on Dec. 26 2006,17:10

Hi u2musicmike.
Now have sound working. Ran rmmod soundcore right after boot and 'before" opening xmms.
Used mpu_io=330.
Many thanks.