From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Nottingham Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:45:41 +0000 Subject: Re: Esoniq Sound Baster PCI 64 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org Tony Nugent (Tony.Nugent@usq.edu.au) said: > The sndconfig utility correctly identified that card, and the sound > worked. So now, running "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sound start" the soundcore > and es1370 modules get loaded. Quake 1 & 2 work just great, full > sound with no breakup (finally!) But using "play" (ala "sox") results > in ugly static-like noises. The es1370 driver doesn't support some sample formats; that could be the problem here. > % cat /dev/sndstat > Also very weird. According to this, the card isn't working at all :) The PCI drivers (ES1370/ES1371/S3 Sonicvibes) don't support the /dev/sndstat interface; therefore, nothing will show up there. > When attempting to use a midi player or using the sfx* programs > (sfxload, sfxtest), I get: > > open /dev/sequencer: Device not configured > > Huh? The es1370/es1371 don't actually support hardware wavetable; it's done in the drivers on the Windows side. Bill