On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Juan Casero wrote:
>
> Hi Axalon -
>
> I compiled and installed the sox-12.16pre4 util. When the sndconfig tries to play
> the sound of Linus pronouncing "Linux" it gives me an error about ossdsp device
> unknown or something.
>
> Mark.....I checked the contents of /proc/pci and sure enough the kernel does see the
> PCI sound card. So at least it knows it's there.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations?
>
> Thanks.
> Juan Casero
> casero@bellsouth.net
>
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> > Hello Juan, caught just the right person today. We put out an update for
> > sox it's on your favorite mirror
> >
> > Axalon,
> > axalon@linux-mandrake.com
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Juan Casero wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Folks -
> > >
> > > Here is the problem I'm having.
> > >
> > > Recently I purchased a system that came with a SuperMicro Motherboard that
> > > uses the Intel i810 chipset. This board has an integrated i740 graphics
> > > controller and some weird thing called an audio modem riser. Anyway I
> > > installed linux Mandrake 6.0 on it and disabled the onboard audio with JP28
> > > as indicated in the manual before installing an Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card that
> > > uses the ES1731 chip. I also disabled and any game ports or sound things
> > > in the CMOS. The sndconfig util from redhat is able to detect the card but
> > > when it tries to play a sound clip of Linux pronouncing "Linux" it gives me an
> > > error message saying that /dev/dsp is not known. Funny thing is that /dev/dsp
> > > exists though. I should also mention that this machine is a dual boot Linux/NT4
> > > SP5 system. Any attempts to fire up the sound card driver es1370.sys that
> > > comes with the card on NT will completely locked up the system with a blue
> > > screen of death message. If you are unfortunate enough to have gotten past the
> > > stage where the driver is installed on the file system and NT configured to
> > > load it you will have effectively hosed your NT install. Subsequent reboots
> > > will always blue screen on you and you will end up having to reformat the
> > > partition and reinstall. So my question is:
> > >
> > > 1. Are there any issues that the Linux community is aware with
> > > regard to this sound card/mother board/chipset combination that prevent
> > > them from working well together?
> > >
> > > 2. Are the Linux developers aware of this situation with the sound card
> > > and the i810 chip set?
> > >
> > > 3. If so if there a fix planned for a furture kernel patch?
> > >
> > > 4. Failing any of the above do you folks have any suggestions for me on how
> > > to work around this problem other than the obvious one of purchasing a new
> > > motherboard?
> > >
> > > I should also mention that I spoke with Ensoniq technical support staff today
> > > for about an hour over the phone trying to get this sound card motherboard
> > > combo to work on NT. We were not able to get it to work and as far as I know
> > > they are not aware of any potential hardware/software issues with these cards
> > > and the i810 chip set.
> > >
> > > Thank You.
> > >
> > > Juan Casero
> > > email: casero@bellsouth.net
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