[plug] Sound card

[Kai]

Hi again Beau,

Yeah, I might go down the street on Monday and buy a Live for $100.
I've got a PCI Vibra here, might give that a go - can't get any worse
than having this appear in my logs, even after changing the soundcard
from ESS ISA -> Sound Blaster ISA:

Nov 18 18:49:03 linux kernel: Sound: DMA (input) timed out - IRQ/DRQ
config error?
Nov 18 18:50:19 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 18:51:45 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 18:55:40 linux last message repeated 20 times
Nov 18 18:58:01 linux last message repeated 20 times
Nov 18 18:59:06 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:02:42 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:04:11 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:06:12 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:07:21 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:09:29 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:11:10 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:13:46 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:15:32 linux last message repeated 10 times
Nov 18 19:15:36 linux last message repeated 9 times

If that fails, well, I might give a lead tablet.... :-)

Beau Kuiper wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Try a PCI audio card. Sound blaster live value for $95, or anything
> similar. PCI just seems to just work, while ISA is still a case of plug
> and pray and problems.
> 
> Have you tried upgrading the kernel to the latest stable version. It may
> be a kernel bug in the kernel redhat uses?
> 
> Also check your cmos settings. make sure the ISA clock divider is set to 4
> or 5, possibly use more conservative settings.
> 
> Try a different vidio card even (weird things do happen) if you
> can. Maybe it might be the motherboard. PC hardware is notorious for
> random incompatibilities.
> 
> Good luck
> Beau Kuiper
> kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au
> 
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Kai wrote:
> 
> > OK, lets correct that last one....
> >
> > The sound worked fine for about 40 minutes, now I get the same errors as
> > always:
> > linux kernel: Sound: DMA (input) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
> > and
> > last message repeated [inster number here] times
> >
> > Might throw it out the window, that may help the problem.
> >
> > Kai wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Well Beau, your suggestion of pull the card out and shoot it is a good
> > > one.
> > > I've just shut the machine down, taken out the peice of sh t ESS Audio
> > > Drive and put in a geniune Sound Blaster card, and although it's ISA it
> > > works great, no problems since boot up and audio's working fine !!
> > >
> > > You fella's can log in and have a look if you like ?!
> > > http://vk6ksj.javaradio.com !!
> > > Thanks for all the help, I often wonder which is worse, trying to
> > > configure existing problems or messing around trying replacements ?!
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > /Kai
> > >
> > > Beau Kuiper wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Kai wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > G'day all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's the situation:
> > > > >
> > > > > I run a JavaRadio server - a live, tunable radio scanner that has
> > > > > streaming audio.
> > > > > For those who wanna know, it uses an Icom IC-PCR1000 all mode, 0.30 -
> > > > > 1300 Mhz scanning receiver.
> > > > > When my Linux machine is online (nearly 24/7 but not quite...), it can
> > > > > be reached at http://vk6ksj.javaradio.com
> > > > > Due to the idiots over the road at a construction site (worksafe would
> > > > > have a pink fit if they saw how these guys worked...), we had a power
> > > > > surge at my house about a month ago and....I had to upgrade the server
> > > > > form RH 5.2 to RH 6.2 to even manage to get a boot prompt.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I have a problem, when I try to start my audio encoder, I get this
> > > > > from /var/log/messages:
> > > > > linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0064
> > > >
> > > > hmmm, sounds like something to do with the miscellanious program loader in
> > > > the kernel looking for the module to run your program. This probably
> > > > didn't make any sense :-)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not a Linux expert and I've really got no idea how to fix this
> > > > > problem...
> > > > > I am using an ISA ESS1688 Audio Drive.
> > > >
> > > > Pull that card out and SHOOT it! It probably won't fix your problem, but
> > > > you will feel better with a better sounding card :-)
> > > >
> > > > That is if your experience with ESS was as shocking as mine. (They were
> > > > really really bad!)
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Would anyone have any ideas how to fix this problem? if so, I'll need a
> > > > > newbie style explanation on how to do it.
> > > > > Hahahaa, about the only thing I know how to do on Linux is get IPChains
> > > > > working, modify some stuff for Apache and get SMV to share
> > > > > resources....not a helluva lot when compared to your guys but I gotta
> > > > > start somewhere and with my current lack of time learning stuff with
> > > > > Linux is limited, unfortunately !!
> > > >
> > > > You don't sound half stupid :-). Sounds like if you can configure
> > > > IPChains, and configure Apache, you are well on your way to becoming a
> > > > guru.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck with your problem.
> > > >
> > > > Still crispy
> > > > Beau Kuiper
> > > > kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.u
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Many thanks in advance.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kai
> > >
> > > Like clean air, water and food, earth is a comodity:
> > > Take good care of what little there is left.
> >
> >

-- 

Kai

Like clean air, water and food, earth is a comodity:
Take good care of what little there is left.