KDE & Sound

[James Richard Tyrer]

Gerard Seibert wrote:
> Obligatory system information:
> 
> FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 
> GMT 2004     root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> 
> This is the only useful information I could gather from 'dmesg':
> 
> Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/snd_ess.ko" at 0xc0a0e0cc.
> sbc0: <ESS ES1869 (Compaq OEM)> at port 0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b,0x220-0x22f 
> pcm0: <ESS 18xx DSP> on sbc0
> 
> My problem is that sound, primarily system notification, are usually not 
> reproduced correctly. In fact, they are usually quite distorted. I have tried 
> all sorts of different configurations, but without success. I have the latest 
> versions of "KDE" and "X" installed.
> 
> I am running these on an older Compaq Presario 5140 computer with an on-board 
> video chip - ESS1869.
> 
> Occasionally the sound will play correctly, but not often. In fact, it can 
> change right in the middle of a session.
> 
> I would appreciate any assistance that someone can afford me.

This is probably a problem with your sound set up.  But, first if you are 
using ALSA sound, select that manually in the Control Center: "Sound & 
Multimedia -> Sound System".  Under the: "Hardware" tab: "Select the audio 
device".

Are you using an OSS or an ALSA driver for your sound card?

If you are using ALSA, check your: /etc/modules.conf" file.

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=ESS+Technology&card=ES18xx&chip=ES18xx&module=es18xx

         # ALSA portion
         alias char-major-116 snd
         alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx
         # module options should go here

         # OSS/Free portion
         alias char-major-14 soundcore
         alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

         # card #1
         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

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JRT
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