I am using an old MedisVision Pro Audio Studio 16 sound card with a SCSI port. The SCSI works just fine but I have problems with the sound. Although it is said (Sound HOWTO) that this card is supported, I can't get it to run in RH 6.0. sndconfig reported no PnP or PCI sound cards tried all card types and the only one working is AdLib (it plays a MIDI sound) the content of /etc/conf.modules is: alias scsi_hostadapter pas16 . . . alias sound adlib_card pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 options adlib_card io-0x388 so far the only think correct is the I/O at 388h (there is no jumper on the board for IRQs, and DMAs) cat /dev/sndstat reports: Config options: 0 Installed Drivers: Audio devices: Synth devices: 0: Yamaha OPL3 Midi devices: Timers: 0: System clock Mixers: Any suggestion(s)?
What happens if you try the Pro Audio Spectrun driver?
If I select Pro Audio Spectrum/Studio 16, Logitech SoundMan 16 I get a list of I/Os IRQs and DMAs (I/O 220, 230, 240; IRQ 3, 5, 7, 9; DMA 0,1,2,3) Neither of them are available for jumper setup on the card (card has jumpers for the address of the card - seams like a SCSI ID) and I am set to default (388h). Anyhow, I selected (after a few trials) from this list I/O 220h, IRQ 9, and DMA 0 Answer (from sndconfig) is /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/pas2.o: init_module: Device or resource busy sound: Device or resource busy now, the /etc/conf.modules contains: alias scsi_hostadapter pas16 . . . options adlib_card io=0x388 alias sound pas2=1 pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 options sb pas=1 options pas2 io=0x220 irq=9 dma=0 joystick=1 after this I tried /etc/rc.d/init.d/sound restart and it says: error opening /dev/mixer: No such device sound
Try using a different IRQ (most likely 5 or 7), and DMA 1.
I omitted to tell you that the other day I tried ALL combinations:( None works with Pro Audio Spectrun driver.
Maybe this will not add more fog in the sky! I'm not positive the isapnp is running. I don't have a file /etc/isapnp.conf
isapnp shouldn't be running; it's not a PnP card, AFAIK. Do you have any error messages in /var/log/messages from trying to load the module?
from /var/log/messages . . . sound: Starting sound configuration: modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-0 sound: aumix: error opening /dev/mixer: No such device sound: sound rc: Starting sound succeeded . . . modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3
Those aren't really useful ; trying modprobe pas2 io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 doesn't print any debugging messages in the system logs?
After modprobe pas2 io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 I get: /lib/modules/2.2.2-15/misc/pas2.0: init_module: Device or resource busy I don't know how to get to the debugging messages.
Look in /var/log/messages - is there anything in there besides the 'device or resource busy' that indicates why it failed?
After I type modprobe pas2 io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 the only line added to /var/log/messages is Pro Audio Spectrum driver Copyright ...
running modprobe --debug pas2 io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 doesn't add anything else to /var/log/messages other than: kernel: Pro Audio ... earlier in the file (at boot) it says: sound: Starting sound configuration:modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-0 sound: aumix: error opening /dev/mixer: No such devicesound: sound rc: Starting sound succeeded and then: modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 for a few times.
What happens if you try: modprobe pas2 io=0x388 irq=5 dma=1?
I hear a click. Good news. if I change the /etc/conf.modules to: options pas2 io=0x388 irq=5 dma=1 joystick=1 every time I play a sound I hear a squeaky noise. What next?
Hmm... are there any error messages like 'DMA timed out' in /var/log/messages after you try and play sounds?
None. No DMA errors and no entry in the log file.
Is the 'squeak' a fast version of the sound, the beginning of the sound, or just random garbage?
It is more like garbage. It takes a different amount of time based on what sound is played. I personally think that the time to play is longer but I can't tell. BTW, how can I play a MIDI file?
*** Bug 5718 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ****** Bug 6811 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This probably won't be fixed by us; at this point we don't have PAS16 hardware to test with and debug against.