Re: sound problem (was: [no subject])

[Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>]

First a preliminary suggestion: Please use Subject: lines in your mail to 
this list. Since the lack of a Subject: line is a characteristic of SPAM 
and virus messages, I usually discard unread any such messages ... I only 
read this one because I happened to recognize your e-mail address.

As to your actual problem ... you will have to tell us a bit more.

First, if the two setups -- Slackware and Red Hat -- use the same kernel 
and the same modules.conf, why do they end up loading different modules? 
The init scripts must be doing something quite different.

Second, what kernel is involved? Does your calling them "the same" mean 
just that they have the same number, or that you compiled them with the 
same .config files?

Third, what sound card (or mobo sound) is involved?

Fourth, if I remember my modules names correctly, your Slackware kernel is 
using ALSA sound modules, while your Red Hat kernel is using OSS sound 
modules. This would imply the need to use different apps to adjust the 
sound settings -- ALSA uses amixer or alsamixer; while OSS uses rexima (and 
maybe others) -- so I wonder in what sense the two setups can have "the 
same settings in sound" (and, for that matter, what "in sound" means).

Finally, what use is producing the "very annoying distorted sound" and what 
else can you tell us about its characteristics? (I've had problems here 
with VIA-chip sound under both Linux and Windows -- suggesting a harware 
problem -- but only when using the sound system to record, not for playback.)

At 03:03 PM 2/5/2004 +0800, heisspf@skyinet.net wrote:
>--------
>Hi,
>Resent-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:11:34 +0800
>Resent-From: Peter <heisspf@skyinet.net>
>Subject: Bad Sound in Slackware
>Resent-Message-Id: <20040205151134.416d3286@skyinet.net>
>Resent-To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
>
>In Slackware 9.1 I have a very annoying distorted sound which I am unable to
>correct.
>
>My RH9.0 and SW9.1 have the same kernel and the same settings in sound. Both
>have the same /etc/module.conf.
>
>SW lsmod gives:
>
>Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
>snd-pcm-oss            37252   0  (unused)
>snd-mixer-oss          11992   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
>uhci                   24496   0  (unused)
>ehci-hcd               16872   0  (unused)
>usbcore                58400   1  [uhci ehci-hcd]
>snd-via82xx            11712   0
>snd-pcm                55904   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx]
>snd-timer              13252   0  [snd-pcm]
>snd-ac97-codec         37240   0  [snd-via82xx]
>snd-page-alloc          6004   0  [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]
>snd-mpu401-uart         3136   0  [snd-via82xx]
>snd-rawmidi            12512   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
>snd-seq-device          3920   0  [snd-rawmidi]
>snd                    27460   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx
>snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
>soundcore               3332   4  [snd]
>pcmcia_core            40032   0
>ide-scsi                9424   0
>agpgart                39576   0  (unused)
>
>RH lsmod gives:
>
>Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
>via82cxxx_audio        22136   0 (autoclean)
>ac97_codec             15464   0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio]
>soundcore               5604   2 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio]
>parport_pc             17732   1 (autoclean)
>lp                      8128   0 (autoclean)
>parport                32064   1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
>apm                    12264   2
>irlan                  24276   0 (unused)
>irda                  107568   0 [irlan]
>ipchains               48784  13
>keybdev                 2784   0 (unused)
>mousedev                5396   0 (unused)
>hid                    23972   0 (unused)
>input                   5184   0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
>ehci-hcd               19272   0 (unused)
>usbcore                71488   1 [hid ehci-hcd]
>
>
>What could be the reason for the distorted sound in SW and how could it be
>corrected.





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