Re: Soundcard

[Dan Lindfield <dan.lindfield@example.com>]

Uva Coder wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 02:56:10PM +0900, Dan Lindfield wrote:
> <snip>
> > I have a laptop ATLAS Flyer 4700SE, Atlas is a subsidiary of Hi-grade, a
> > UK/Taiwanese company.
> > It is fitted with a VIA Technologies chipset Sound card which shares an
> > IRQ with the USB port. I cannot get the machine to utter anything, it
> > remains silent.
> <snip>
>
> Can you show us the output when executing the "lspci" command or
> "cat /proc/pci"? This will help us understand your hardware setup.
> If you have the "si" program installed, please send us this output
> instead; if not, don't worry about installing it.
>

The /proc/pci contains:

PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 3).
      Vendor id=1106. Device id=501.
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  Latency=16.

      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfd000008].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    PCI bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0).
      Vendor id=1106. Device id=8501.
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.
  Bus  0, device   6, function  0:
    Communication controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 2).
      Vendor id=125d. Device id=2898.
      Fast devsel.  IRQ 10.
      I/O at 0x1430 [0x1431].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 25).
      Vendor id=1106. Device id=686.
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
    IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.

      I/O at 0x1420 [0x1421].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  2:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 10).
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 5.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.
      I/O at 0x1400 [0x1401].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 32).
      Vendor id=1106. Device id=3057.
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  5:
    Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 33).
      Vendor id=1106. Device id=3058.
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 5.
      I/O at 0x1000 [0x1001].
      I/O at 0x143c [0x143d].
      I/O at 0x1438 [0x1439].
  Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
    CardBus bridge: O2 Micro 6832 (rev 52).
      Slow devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.
  Bus  0, device  10, function  1:
    CardBus bridge: O2 Micro 6832 (rev 52).
      Slow devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=192.Max Lat=4.
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: Trident Unknown device (rev 92).
      Vendor id=1023. Device id=8420.
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 5.  Master Capable.
Latency=64.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb800000 [0xfb800000].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc000000 [0xfc000000].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb000000 [0xfb000000].


>
> Also, can you tell us a little about your BIOS settings for your
> hardware? Mention what is enabled and what is disabled. This will
> help in troubleshooting the problem.
>

Whilst trying to get the soundcard to work I've tried many different settings
for my bios but currently it stands as:

Installed O/S [Win95/Win98-Win2000/Other]     =    Other

On board Device Configuration:
    USB Device [Enable/Disable]        =    Enable

    Audio Device [Enable/Disable]      =    Enable
    Sound Blaster [Enable/Disable]      =    Disable
    MPU-401 [Enable/Disable]            =    Disable
    FM Port [Enable/Disable]              =    Enable

>
> The more information you provide us the better the chance we have
> to provide a solution to your problem.
>

Also you might find my boot.log file interesting as uart401 appears very often
in my configuartion set up but I don't actually set it.

Jul  1 11:23:03 localhost modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdkfb/misc/snd-seq-oss.o:
Jul  1 11:23:03 localhost modprobe: init_module: Device or resource busy
Jul  1 11:23:03 localhost modprobe: snd: Device or resource busy
Jul  1 11:23:03 localhost modprobe: uart401: No such file or directory
Jul  1 11:23:03 localhost modprobe: uart401: No such file or directory
Jul  1 11:23:03 localhost rc.sysinit: Loading sound module failed


>
> -- Uva Coder

Hope this info helps, I don't have enough exeprience to fully understand what
all of it means.

bye,

Dan