OpenBSD and sound

Mon Sep 26 00:56:41 BST 2005

Chris wrote:

>Hello everyone.
>
>I am trying out OpenBSD (I use typically use Linux, usually Gentoo).  I
>had installed 3.6 on my laptop, then had to put it away for a while,
>when I got back to it 3.7 was out so I upgraded (which upgraded my KDE
>as well from 3.2 to 3.3).
>
>Neither on 3.6 nor on 3.7 was I able to get the sound working while in
>KDE.  I am certain that the sound works fine, because I can use waveplay
>to play wave files from the command line.
>
>To rule out permission issues, I am running this all as root. Normally,
>I wouldn't do this.
>
>It is only in KDE that my sound does not work.  Artsd is running in the
>background, and by default points to /dev/sound and uses OSS.  I have
>tried about every permutation I can think of in the settings on the control
>panel, and nothing works.
>
>I get no errors if I leave these defaults.  Sometimes I get a
>high-pitched  squeak, but usually I get nothing out of the speakers.
>
>When I click "test" on the sound system control panel in KDE, I hear
>nothing, but this prints up on the vt where I started X:
>
>    Server STatus:  Running, autosuspend disabled
>    real-time status: no real-time support
>    server buffer time: 40.5349 ms
>    buffersize multiplier: 1
>    minimum stream buffer time: 40.6349 ms
>    auto suspend time: 0 s
>    audio method: oss
>    sampling rate 44100
>    channels: 2
>    sample size 16 bits
>    duplex: half
>    device: /dev/sound
>    fragments 7
>    fragment size: 1024
>
>What am I missing here?  I have spent days fiddling with this, but I haven't a clue.  What does aRts want from me?
>
>Thank you for you help.
>
>Chris
>
>
>
>
>My system:
>
>IBM thinkpad 390e
>Soundcard: ESS SOLO-1
>
>dmesg:
>======================================================================================
>OpenBSD 3.7 (RAMDISK_CD) #573: Sun Mar 20 00:27:05 MST 2005
>    deraadt at i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD
>cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 299 MHz
>cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR
>real mem  = 267952128 (261672K)
>avail mem = 238706688 (233112K)
>using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory
>mainbus0 (root)
>bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7c) BIOS, date 11/17/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0
>apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
>pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860
>pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries)
>pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:02:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
>pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus
>bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000
>cpu0 at mainbus0
>pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
>pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
>ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20
>wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02
>pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
>wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3021GAS>
>wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors
>wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
>atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
>scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
>cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LG, CD-ROM CRN-8241B, 1.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
>cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
>uhci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
>usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
>uhub0 at usb0
>uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>"Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 not configured
>cbb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
>cbb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
>"AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 not configured
>"ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 not configured
>isa0 at pcib0
>isadma0 at isa0
>pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
>pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
>wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
>pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
>fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
>cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
>cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80
>pcmcia0 at cardslot0
>cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
>cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80
>pcmcia1 at cardslot1
>biomask fff5 netmask fff5 ttymask fff7
>rd0: fixed, 3800 blocks
>ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com, OfficeConnect 572B, B" port 0xa000/32: address 00:00:86:62:83:f5
>tqphy0 at ep1 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 PHY, rev. 10
>root on rd0a
>rootdev=0x1100 rrootdev=0x2f00 rawdev=0x2f02
>syncing disks... done
>rebooting...
>OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #50: Sun Mar 20 00:01:57 MST 2005
>    deraadt at i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
>cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 299 MHz
>cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR
>real mem  = 267952128 (261672K)
>avail mem = 237731840 (232160K)
>using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory
>mainbus0 (root)
>bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7c) BIOS, date 11/17/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0
>apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
>apm0: battery life expectancy 76%
>apm0: AC on, battery charge high, charging
>pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860
>pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries)
>pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:02:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
>pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus
>bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000
>cpu0 at mainbus0
>pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
>pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
>ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20
>wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02
>pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
>wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3021GAS>
>wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors
>wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
>atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
>scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
>cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LG, CD-ROM CRN-8241B, 1.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
>cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
>uhci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
>usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
>uhub0 at usb0
>uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>"Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 not configured
>cbb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
>cbb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
>"AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 not configured
>eso0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x02: ES1946 rev E, irq 5
>eso0: mapping Audio 1 DMA using VC I/O space at 0xfc70
>audio0 at eso0
>opl0 at eso0: model OPL3
>midi0 at opl0: <ESO Yamaha OPL3>
>isa0 at pcib0
>isadma0 at isa0
>pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
>pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
>wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
>wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
>pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
>midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
>sysbeep0 at pcppi0
>lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc/4: polled
>npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
>pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
>fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
>cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
>cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80
>pcmcia0 at cardslot0
>cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
>cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80
>pcmcia1 at cardslot1
>biomask efd5 netmask efd5 ttymask ffd7
>pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
>mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
>ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com, OfficeConnect 572B, B" port 0xa000/32: address 00:00:86:62:83:f5
>tqphy0 at ep1 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 PHY, rev. 10
>wi0 at pcmcia1 function 0 "U.S. Robotics, IEEE 802.11b PC-CARD, Version 01.02" port 0xa400/64
>wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.A, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.7.1 (station), address 00:90:d1:08:44:7d
>dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80
>root on wd0a
>rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
>syncing disks... done
>rebooting...
>OpenBSD 3.6-stable (GENERIC) #1: Wed Sep 21 19:36:10 EDT 2005
>    root at chris390:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
>cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 299 MHz
>cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR
>real mem  = 267952128 (261672K)
>avail mem = 237719552 (232148K)
>using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory
>mainbus0 (root)
>bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7c) BIOS, date 11/17/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0
>apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
>apm0: battery life expectancy 98%
>apm0: AC on, battery charge high
>pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860
>pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries)
>pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:02:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
>pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus
>bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000
>cpu0 at mainbus0
>pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
>pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
>ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20
>wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02
>pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
>wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3021GAS>
>wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors
>wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
>atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
>scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
>cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LG, CD-ROM CRN-8241B, 1.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
>cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
>uhci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
>usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
>uhub0 at usb0
>uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>"Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 not configured
>cbb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
>cbb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
>"AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 not configured
>eso0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x02: ES1946 rev E, irq 5
>eso0: mapping Audio 1 DMA using VC I/O space at 0xfc70
>audio0 at eso0
>opl0 at eso0: model OPL3
>midi0 at opl0: <ESO Yamaha OPL3>
>isa0 at pcib0
>isadma0 at isa0
>pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
>pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
>wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
>wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
>pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
>midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
>sysbeep0 at pcppi0
>lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc/4: polled
>npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
>pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
>fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
>cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
>cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80
>pcmcia0 at cardslot0
>cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
>cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80
>pcmcia1 at cardslot1
>biomask efd5 netmask efd5 ttymask ffd7
>pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
>mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
>dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80
>root on wd0a
>rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
>ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com, OfficeConnect 572B, B" port 0xa000/32: address 00:00:86:62:83:f5
>tqphy0 at ep1 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 media interface, rev. 10
>wi0 at pcmcia1 function 0 "U.S. Robotics, IEEE 802.11b PC-CARD, Version 01.02" port 0xa400/64
>wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.A, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.7.1 (station), address 00:90:d1:08:44:7d
>===================================================================================================
>
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Did you try running alsaconf from konsole in KDE?
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