sound possible on Epox 8kha+ motherboard?
Dan Jacobson
I have 10/10/02 sid cds. I tried everything. I can make the console
beep out of the speaker only. Alsaconf doesn't have the card.
http://jidanni.org/comp/system.txt is my sorry system. I can use
kernel -18 or -19.
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Rico -mc- Gloeckner
> Did anybody ever get sound to work on your EPOX 8kha+ board?
> I have 10/10/02 sid cds. I tried everything. I can make the console
> beep out of the speaker only. Alsaconf doesn't have the card.
> http://jidanni.org/comp/system.txt is my sorry system. I can use
> kernel -18 or -19.
Would you mind mailing the Output of these two Commands?
lspci
lspci -n
regards,
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Lourens Steenkamp
> Did anybody ever get sound to work on your EPOX 8kha+ board?
> I have 10/10/02 sid cds. I tried everything. I can make the
> console beep out of the speaker only. Alsaconf doesn't have
> the card. http://jidanni.org/comp/system.txt is my sorry
> system. I can use kernel -18 or -19.
>
I have never had much joy with these embedded_audio_devices on the
8KHA+, the 8H5A2 (or any mobo for that matter).
When I have managed to get them to work, they have never sounded that
great either.
IMHO, these embedded_audio_devices are more trouble that they are worth.
My approach is to disable the embedded device and to install a
relatively inexpensive (e.g. Ensoniq 5880 based) pci audio card.
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Kent West
>Did anybody ever get sound to work on your EPOX 8kha+ board?
>
>
Yes. But not currently (I just did a bunch of work to the box, including
rearranging/resizing partitions and upgrading the kernel). When I get
back to it in a few days, I'll get it working and try to remember to
respond to this posting again to give more details. But in the
meanwhile, I wanted you to know it can work.
Kent
Dan Jacobson
that has been posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox as well.
>> Did anybody ever get sound to work on your EPOX 8kha+ board with
>> debian? I have 10/10/02 sid cds. I can make the console beep out
>> of the speaker only.
Rico> Would you mind mailing the Output of these two Commands?
Rico> lspci; lspci -n
OK, I put it all in http://jidanni.org/comp/system.txt
L> I have never had much joy with these embedded_audio_devices on the
L> 8KHA+, the 8H5A2 (or any mobo for that matter). When I have
L> managed to get them to work, they have never sounded that great
L> either.
L> IMHO, these embedded_audio_devices are more trouble that they are worth.
L> My approach is to disable the embedded device and to install a
L> relatively inexpensive (e.g. Ensoniq 5880 based) pci audio card.
I just traded in my old computer with its card still inside ... I'd
hate to have to make a trip to town to buy one...
One sign of trouble is I tried knoppix and it made lots of complaints
upon boot [which of course flew off the screen and are not in
/var/log...] Seems 2.4.19 is worse than 18 here...
Anyway, it must be just the IRQ's or whatever... if you have the
recipe I don't think I would notice quality issues...
I mean if I can make it beep out the speakers with
echo -e \\a>/dev/console
that means I must not be too far off?
A> Alsa 0.9.0rc6 seems to support your card, look here:
A> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=VIA&card=&chip=via8233a&module=via82xx
A> You might have to compile it yourself, I don't know whether 0.9.0-rc6
A> is in Debian stable. I use Debain testing, there you can get a package
A> for it.
since it's not easy for me to update my SID 20021010 cd set, nor do I
dare to 'compile the kernel', might there be a way to do it with
'sox'? One bleat will satisfy me.
P.S. wildly entering commands produces this dmesg:
Via 686a audio driver 1.9.1
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x414c:0x4710 (ALC200/200P)
via82cxxx: board #1 at 0xE400, IRQ 12
via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -512
ALSA ../../../alsa-kernel/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c:225: can't register device seq
VIA 8233 soundcard not found or device busy
ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/drivers/mpu401/mpu401.c:70: specify snd_port
MPU-401 device not found or device busy
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If so, is there a way to get only one?
Thanks..
- Jay.
Colin Keefe
> Did anybody ever get sound to work on your EPOX 8kha+ board?
> I have 10/10/02 sid cds. I tried everything. I can make the console
> beep out of the speaker only. Alsaconf doesn't have the card.
> http://jidanni.org/comp/system.txt is my sorry system. I can use
> kernel -18 or -19.
>
I have with much help from many sources (using Alsa). I'm not sure what
you've done so I'll list all the steps I used.
create a link:
ln -s /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 /etc/modutils/alsa
Get the alsa modules
If you're compiling your own kernel:
apt-get install alsa-base alsa-source
cd /usr/src
tar -xzf alsa-driver.tar.gz
compile alsa modules
install alsa modules
I have to admit I don't know how to do this (I only compile alsa
modules when I recompile a kernel).
possibly make-kpkg modules and then dpkg -i the.deb
If you're using a stock kernel:
apt-get install alsa-base alsa-modules-2.4.19-686 --> change to
correct kernel version & architecture
create a file /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 containing:
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
create a link:
ln -s /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 /etc/modutils/alsa
run:
update-modules
make sure you are in groups audio & cdrom
/etc/init.d/alsa start
load your favorite mixer (I use aumix), set the sound levels & you
should be ready.
If anybody out there could enlighten me on compiling modules without
compiling a kernel I would appreciate it. Is the update-modules step
necessary (it has been some months since I did this)? If I missed any
steps or added steps that are not required let me know 8-).
Good luck.
Colin
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Dan Jacobson
that has been posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox as well.
Regarding sound on debian, indeed, I followed Colin Keefe's advice
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=20030107020013$64eb%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=6
with initial success after reboot (using "snd-via8233" instead of
"snd-via82xx") with stock kernel 2.4.18-k7 !
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Rico -mc- Gloeckner
> Regarding sound on debian, indeed, I followed Colin Keefe's advice
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=20030107020013$64eb%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=6
> with initial success after reboot (using "snd-via8233" instead of
> "snd-via82xx") with stock kernel 2.4.18-k7 !
Ahhh! Now that bulb appears over my Head :-)
There were two Changes in Alsa which affected what i told you in my
private Post:
1) Old Versions of ALSA had multiple drivers for VT82xx, one for every
single Chipsets. Latest Versions have these Drivers merged into vt82xx.
(as i told you already :)
2) Old Versions of ALSA use snd-<driver> as Module Name, later Versions
omit the leading snd-
The Difference between your Installation and mine is, that you use
precompiled Modules and i compiled my Alsa Modules myself, that might be
a bit confusing sometimes.
Sorry, forgot about that, but just remembered i read it somewhen.
So, what means initial success? Does it work now or doesnt it? In latter
Case, are there any Errormessages you get, either on Console or in Logs?
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