Re: Sound stop'd working after upgrade ...

From: Marc G. Fournier <scrappy_at_hub.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:42:46 -0400 (AST)
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:

> On Wednesday 26 November 2003 19:14, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 26 November 2003 01:24, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > > pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0xe400-0xe43f,0xe000-0xe0ff mem
> > > > 0xe0102000-0xe01020ff,0xe0101000-0xe01011ff irq 17 at device 31.5 on
> > > > pci0 pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec>
> > > >
> > > > and, from what I can tell, the proper devices are being built in /dev,
> > > > but try and play music using xmms, and I get nothing ...
> > > >
> > > > Not sure what to debug, or where ... help? :(
> > >
> > > Does 'mixer' report anything valid?
> > > I had this over the weekend and can't remember how I cured it (I think I
> > > cvsupped at the time), but I know that mixer gave some error instead of
> > > proper stats.
> >
> > nope, looks fine:
> >
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > is there some way of 'testing' it from the command line?  I know you used
> > to be able to cat a file to the device, but I think that was way back when
> > it was one snd device instead of several ...
>
> * XMMS via esd and Arts running?
> * XMMS and null-output plugin?
>
> cdplay(1) and a cd is how I got onto the problem.
> portinstall ogg|mpg123 with an ogg/mp3 will also give you plenty of testing.
>
> There's wavplay also, but it needs proper wavheaders (ie: doesn't support
> "raw" wavs).

I just disabled ACPI in my BIOs, and all works once more ...

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Received on Wed Nov 26 2003 - 11:45:42 UTC

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