trouble getting esd to start

[imesg]

When I try to start esd I get this:

root@srx99:~# esd
unsupported playback rate: 44100
Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed
Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo.
unsupported sound format: 32
Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
Trying 48Khz, 16bit stereo.
unsupported playback rate: 48000
Audio device open for 48Khz, stereo,16bit failed
Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo.
unsupported sound format: 32
Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono.
unsupported playback rate: 44100
Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono.
unsupported sound format: 0
Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo.
unsupported sound format: 32
Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono.
unsupported sound format: 0
Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono.
unsupported sound format: 0
Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono.
unsupported sound format: 0
Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal.

The computer is a Sony SRX99
The sound chip is an Intel i810

dmesg excerpt:

i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels.
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x594d:0x4803 (Unknown)
i810_audio: only 48Khz playback available.
i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2
ac97_codec: AC97 Modem codec, id: 0x4358:0x5421 (Unknown)
i810_audio: timed out waiting for codec 1 analog ready.
i810_audio: setting clocking to 24080

The i810 is compiled into the kernel. The kernel is

Permissions:

gentoo-sources.
root@srx99:/dev/sound# ls -la *
crwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 31 1969 dsp
crwxrwxrwx 1 root audio 14, 0 Dec 31 1969 mixer

However:root@srx99:/dev# ls -la dsp
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 14 05:28 dsp -> sound/dsp

This I can't seem to change to see if it is a problem.

Thanks,

Gene

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I am having the same problem too! But only on a recent install on my brother's (rather high-spec) machine. He's got an Audiophile 2496 (lucky devil). I had thought that perhaps the Audiophile is a special case, but with this post I'm not so sure now.

The permissions won't be a problem because you're running as root. And if I remember correctly, in the case of an ordinary user you only need to ensure you're a member of "audio". The symlink is just a symlink, the permissions on "dsp" and so forth are set correctly so I think you can rule that out.

Did you compile esound with the ALSA flag? If so, the relevant device nodes are under /dev/asound in fact. Also there is a utility in esd which lets you list available sound devices. My ALSA compiled esd shows the Audiophile, but won't start with it.

If you're in the same boat, try compiling esound with the "oss" USE flag and see what happens. I had other problems too, such as Quake III not making a sound, even though it did on several other machines. In all cases, I mean QIII (which is OSS compatible) running through ALSA's OSS emulation so go figure?!

I badly want to fix this ...

[imesg]

Well, I got it to work but not satisfactorily by putting in my local.start script:

esd -r 24080

24080 is the sampling rate for the i810. After that esd worked but not all the time. Now I have installed alsa with oss emulation and it just works.

If you need more information about what I did then notify me.

Gene