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chrbecke
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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:26 am Post subject: HOWTO: sound on Compaq Armada 1750 |
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I got the ISA soundcard of an Compaq Armada 1750 to work with ALSA. I share the necessary steps here in the hope that someone will find it helpful.
Installed Packages
kernel:
sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.11-r11
ALSA:
media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.9
media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.8
media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.9
media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.9a
Configuration Files
/etc/make.conf:
| Code: | | ALSA_CARDS="es18xx" |
kernel configuration:
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# Sound
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CONFIG_SOUND=m
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# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
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# CONFIG_SND is not set
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# Open Sound System
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# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set |
/etc/modules.d/alsa:
| Code: | alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx
alias sound-slot-0 snd-es18xx
options snd-es18xx isapnp=0 |
important: the settings applied by alsaconf did not work. Passing any options other than shown above to the snd-es18xx module breaks ALSA for me. |
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C.M
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Joined: 14 Mar 2003
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Location: Göteborg - Sweden
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hello!
I tried again to get the sound working on this laptop, but no success so far. I changed my alsa-config so it looks like yours, but this is my dmesg:
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reset at 0x220 failed!!!
es18xx: [0x220] ESS chip not found
reset at 0x240 failed!!!
es18xx: [0x240] ESS chip not found
reset at 0x260 failed!!!
es18xx: [0x260] ESS chip not found
reset at 0x280 failed!!!
es18xx: [0x280] ESS chip not found
ESS AudioDrive ES18xx soundcard not found or device busy
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I tried turning off isa plug and play for the soundcard in bios, but that didn't help Should it be on or off? My bios says I have a ES1869 isa soundcard btw. Have you changed any settings in bios? Like a different irq or memory offset?
A simple modprobe doesn't work either:
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root@armada> modprobe snd-es18xx ~
FATAL: Error inserting snd_es18xx (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko): No such device
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Since the card is ISA, it doesn't show in lspci. 
/Claes |
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chrbecke
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe you are missing some isapnp stuff in your kernel? I have | Code: | CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y |
As far as I remeber I didn't change any settings in the bios. |
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C.M
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I have all isa-stuff in the kernel. I'll reboot and check my bios settings. |
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C.M
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for helping me out with this btw! It's not the end of the world if I can't get the sound working, but it's very annoying when I'm this close.
Ok.. Found another page with some info about ALSA on the Armada 1750, and tried with changeing the last Input/Output range in BIOS to 0x0330 - 0x0331. Now at least the modules load correctly.
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root@armada> lsmod ~
Module Size Used by
xirc2ps_cs 15696 1
pcmcia 21448 5 xirc2ps_cs
snd_pcm_oss 49248 0
snd_mixer_oss 17216 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 34304 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5920 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50608 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_es18xx 29480 2
snd_pcm 83560 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_es18xx
snd_page_alloc 7556 1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib 9536 1 snd_es18xx
snd_timer 22148 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep 7136 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart 6336 1 snd_es18xx
snd_rawmidi 20928 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7020 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 49572 16 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,
snd_seq,snd_es18xx,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,
snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
yenta_socket 20168 3
rsrc_nonstatic 11424 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43140 4 xirc2ps_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
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Trying to play a sound gives an error:
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cm@armada> aplay /usr/share/sounds/gaim/redalert.wav ~
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/gaim/redalert.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono
aplay: pcm_write:1171: write error: Input/output error
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The sound related devices shown below, owned by the audio group, of which I'm a member.
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root@armada> ls -l /dev/sound/ ~
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Sep 20 2005 audio
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Sep 20 2005 dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Sep 20 2005 mixer
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Sep 20 2005 sequencer
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 8 Sep 20 2005 sequencer2
root@armada> ls -l /dev/snd/ ~
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 Sep 20 2005 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 Sep 20 2005 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Sep 20 2005 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 20 2005 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 20 2005 timer
cm@armada> groups ~
wheel floppy audio cdrom games users
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The output from amixer is: (I have the same alsa-packages as you wrote in the first post)
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cm@armada> amixer ~
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono: Capture [off]
Front Left: Playback 48 [76%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 48 [76%] [on]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Level',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 63
Mono: 57 [90%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 9 [60%] Capture 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 9 [60%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'FM',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 9 [60%] Capture 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 9 [60%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+26dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Master',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic1',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 7
Mono: Playback 4 [57%]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Mono',0
Capabilities: pvolume cvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 15 [100%] Capture 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 15 [100%] Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Input',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 15 [100%]
Front Right: Playback 15 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'AOUT',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Hardware Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 48 [76%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 48 [76%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Hardware Master Volume Split',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Record Monitor',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
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Can it be a problem that I have the pc-speaker enabled? I've tried with head-phones too, and it's just the same low static as the speakers have. The error message suggests it has something to do with pcm. Any ideas there? |
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chrbecke
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:53 am Post subject: |
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For me it works with the following BIOS settings:
ESS 1869 Audio-Controller-Interface:
ESS 1869 Plug-and-Play-Audiodrive:
| Code: | IRQ: 5
DMA1: 1
DMA2: 0
IO: 0x0220-0x022F
0x0388-0x038B
0x0300-0x0301 |
I got the same pcm_write error you get. It was fixed by changing the module options for snd-es18xx to the ones shown in my initial post. |
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C.M
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Location: Göteborg - Sweden
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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I changed my bios settings back so they look exactly like yours. Didn't help though, still get the exact same error. My alsasound config looks like this:
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root@armada> grep yes /etc/conf.d/alsasound ~
# yes - Load oss emul drivers if they're found
ENABLE_OSS_EMUL="yes"
# yes - Restore state
RESTORE_ON_START="yes"
# yes - Save state
SAVE_ON_STOP="yes
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And my module config:
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root@armada> cat /etc/modules.d/alsa ~
# Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file.
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/
alsa-modules.conf-rc,v 1.4 2004/11/16 01:31:22 eradicator Exp $
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx
alias sound-slot-0 snd-es18xx
options snd-es18xx isapnp=0
options snd major=116 device_mode=0666
options snd cards_limit=1
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My devices and error is still the same..
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root@armada> ls /dev/snd ~
controlC0 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D0p seq timer
root@armada> ls /dev/sound ~
audio dsp mixer sequencer sequencer2
root@armada> aplay /usr/share/sounds/gaim/redalert.wav ~
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/gaim/redalert.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little
Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono
aplay: pcm_write:1171: write error: Input/output error
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I'm using sys-fs/udev-068-r1, but dont' save a tarball of my devices when I reboot. Have you changed udev policies somehow? It seems like some people had similar problems with this soundcard about a year ago, but I haven't seen any solution yet. Maybe I have to give more parameters? Like the dma 1 and 2 or so.
Thanks again for your help and patience chrbecke!  |
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fisk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:13 am Post subject: |
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I have the Armada 1700 (identical soundchip), and sound is working.
However there are a bit of a hitch to be able to get it to work. Search through my post history, and you'll be able to find out how I did it.
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