sndconfig

[theclave]

I want to get me onboard soundcard working, so tried running sndconfig - but the command was not recognised.
I am running turbolinux 6.0

[Muzzafarath]

It would really help if you could tell us what kind of soundcard you have - "onboard" really isn't enough...

[theclave]

Hmmm....well that's the problem - don't have the documentation here, it's at home. All I know is that it's a VIA motherboard for an AMD Duron.

Is there an program that will probe for it or something?

[Muzzafarath]

Post the contents of /proc/pci here.

[theclave]

When I opened the file in gnotepad, it was blank, so i used vi from the command prompt and it opened fine. However, I'm not sure how to copy and paste from there.
Sorry to be so inept!

[Muzzafarath]

Do something like this, it should work:


cd ~
cat /proc/pci > output
gnotepad output


Then copy and paste the contents in the gnotepad window to the browser...

[This message has been edited by Muzzafarath (edited 14 January 2001).]

[theclave]

OK, here's the results, thanks for being so helpful!


PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=305.
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=8305.
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 34).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=686.
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 16).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 16).
Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001].
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 16).
Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64.
I/O at 0xcc00 [0xcc01].
Bus 0, device 7, function 4:
Unknown class: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 48).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=3057.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Bus 0, device 7, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 32).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=3058.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01].
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401].
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 5.
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Communication controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 8).
Vendor id=14f1. Device id=1035.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdffe0000 [0xdffe0000].
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc401].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: NVidia Unknown device (rev 4).
Vendor id=10de. Device id=20.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde000000 [0xde000000].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdc000000 [0xdc000008].

[Muzzafarath]

Hmm, I was hoping that it would contain a bit more info about the soundcard than "Unknown Device" :/ Until you can take a look at the documentation for the mobo (or in any other way find out what kind of card it is) I can't help you http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

[theclave]

OK, thanks anyway.
I shall doubtlessly return armed with documentation sometime in the future....

[TheBouleOfFools]

Duh onboard as in it's integrated, not ISA or PCI. I have the same crap $h!t problem... only thing I can do now is pay $30 FSCKING DOLLARS FOR OSS to get sound to work. Can't wait to ditch this comcrap and get a real computer.

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[Craig McPherson]

Originally posted by TheBouleOfFools:
Duh onboard as in it's integrated, not ISA or PCI. I have the same crap $h!t problem... only thing I can do now is pay $30 FSCKING DOLLARS FOR OSS to get sound to work.

Well... you can use OSS for a month without paying... or you could download a new license once a month and never pay. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

That integrated sound/video can be a PAIN. Will it not even work in Soundblaster compatibility mode?

[theclave]

Soundblaster compatability mode?
That sounds promising, mine is 100% soundblaster compatible....I remember that much.
How do I set it up (idiot-proof instructions preferred)?

[mattmorrow]

When you say the command was not recognized, do you mean you never successfully ran sndconfig?

Try /usr/sbin/sndconfig

Also, you don't want to run it in GUI (runlevel 5). Run it in runlevel 3 or lower. It will probably locate it and test it. If the test fails, repost info.

[theclave]

sndconfig isn't there - maybe it doesn't come with my distro?
I read another post where a guy said that turbolinux didn't come with a sound configurator, and you had to do it 'manually' - don't remember which post....

[theclave]

Aha! I found something that looks promising - in /usr/sbin is turbosoundcfg@ . What do I do with this to execute it.
I tried
turbosoundcfg
>bash turbosoundcfg: command not found.

I tried
cd turbosoundcfg (thinking it was a directory)
>bash cd: tubosoundcfg: Not a directory

I tried
. turbosoundcfg (thinking it was a script file)
>bash .: turbosoundcfg: cannot execute binary file

I tried all of these as su.

I'm sure the answer is blatantly obvious, but I've only had Linux running for a couple of days.

[theclave]

OK, I figured out how to run the thing (how good am I!) - but...
I have no ideas of the settings I need for
IO port
IRQ
8 bit DMA
16 bit DMA
Are there any typical settings I should try, or do I need to wait until i have the manual?

[Muzzafarath]

Duh onboard as in it's integrated, not ISA or PCI.


Then howcome it shows up in the listing of /proc/pci? Duh.


Bus 0, device 7, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 32).
Vendor id=1106. Device id=3058.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01].
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401].


[This message has been edited by Muzzafarath (edited 15 January 2001).]

[theclave]

Right so, I need:
IO PORT - ??
IRQ - 10
8-bit DMA - ??
16 Bit DMA - ??

[gwenavirre]

Also make sure your BIOS has plug and play OS set to NO.

[armando86]

Originally posted by theclave:
Right so, I need:
IO PORT - ??
IRQ - 10
8-bit DMA - ??
16 Bit DMA - ??

You can find most of this info in the Device Manager in windows. Just click on your sound card listing, then click the "Resources" tab.



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[witman]

Originally posted by armando86:
You can find most of this info in the Device Manager in windows. Just click on your sound card listing, then click the "Resources" tab.




Shouldn't there be a way to do this without using winders? What if the guy doesn't have it? I'm curious to know as well.



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[theclave]

Nope, not a line of Micrsoft code is running on my machine at present.

[theclave]

I tried various settings, hoping to stumble across the right one...and every time it said:

An error was encountered running the modprobe program.

Mean anything to anyone.