Bug 49876

Summary: sndconfig and sox return errors and do no function
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Daniel Powell <djpowell>
Component: kernelAssignee: Doug Ledford <dledford>
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Version: 7.3CC: dledford, john_hull, mark_rusk, notting, rogelio_noriega
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Description Daniel Powell 2001-07-24 18:59:57 UTC
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Description of problem:
sounds work in X with KDE, but playing sounds from the console or trying to
configure the sound card on the console b0rk badly.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.play /usr/share/sounds/something.wav
2. get the error message
3. also run sndconfig


Actual Results:  [root@djpowell ]# !play
play /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav
sox: Sound card appears to only support -21 channels.  Overriding format
 
sox: Can't average 1 channels into -21 channels
[root@djpowell ]#


Expected Results:  expect to configure the sound card, OR play a wave file.


Additional info:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E GMCH [Graphics Memory
Controller Hub] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00b4
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E CGC [Chipset
Graphics Controller] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00b4
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at ff000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
 
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if
00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
        Memory behind bridge: fc000000-feffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f8000000-f9ffffff
 
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
 
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02) (prog-if 80
[Master])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
 
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at ff80 [size=32]
 
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at dcd0 [size=16]
 
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio
(rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00b4
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        I/O ports at dc80 [size=64]
 
01:07.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Vanta [NV6] (rev 15)
(prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0006
        Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 9
        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=32M]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
 
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink]
(rev 78)
        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00b4
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
        Memory at fcfffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at fe000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-07-24 20:45:47 UTC
This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax.

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2001-08-10 00:14:39 UTC
Looking at this, this seems more like a kernel problem. The code in question in
sox does:

    tmp = dsp_stereo;
    if (ioctl(fileno(ft->fp), SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO, &tmp) < 0)
    {
        st_warn("Couldn't set to %s", dsp_stereo?  "stereo":"mono");
        dsp_stereo = 0;
    }
   if (tmp != dsp_stereo)
    {
        st_warn("Sound card appears to only support %d channels.  Overriding fo$
       ft->info.channels = tmp + 1;
    }

So, it's getting -22 (EINVAL) returned *in tmp*, which doesn't seem right.
I thought the OSS semantics was that tmp would contain the number of channels
actually used.


Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2001-08-14 18:35:15 UTC
*** Bug 51743 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Arjan van de Ven 2001-08-17 12:18:47 UTC
Doug: would this be fixed in your latest patch ?

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2001-08-23 21:09:12 UTC
I think this is fixed in the latest ac patches.

Comment 6 Doug Ledford 2001-08-23 21:25:41 UTC
It's fixed in ac and also will be in my next patch (I'm currently syncing with
Alan at the moment).