Re: Sound (and wireless) on new Presario R3000

[Reshat Sabiq <sabiq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It appears that my sound card driver is snd-atiixp-modem. It  comes with 
alsa-driver package. However, when i changed modprobe.conf to use it, it 
didn't work. Then i changed it back to atiixp (after installing latest 
alsa-driver), and now i am able to play sound files (like .wav) in xmms, 
which uses ALSA. However, the rest of Gnome appears to be using esd (i 
see esd running in ps). There is a IRQ conflict in esd i guess, and it 
causes 1 second of sound to be played over and over for about 15 
seconds, i.e. worse than no sound at all.
I'd appareciate feedback on the following:
1) should i change everything to be based on ALSA? If no, i'd appreciate 
tips on resolving what appears to be IRQ conflict.
2) which tools do i use to set which sound architecture is to be used 
(esd, alsa, oss, etc.)?

alsamixer reports the card as ATI IXP, Analog Devices AD1981B. I believe 
it's integrated with the modem (don't know why that makes sense).
messages file contains many lines saying
... atiixp: codec read timeout
and then
modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1 (same 
for 2 and 3).
Also, when i had no sound my wireless card was working. Now it isn't, 
and i believe the IRQ conflict is to blame.

lspci contains this:
00:14.5   Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 
Audio Controller
               Subssystem: HP Company: Unknown device 006b
               Flags: 66Mhz, slow devsel, IRQ 10
               Memory at e8003400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

Thanks,
<rsa/>

Reshat Sabiq wrote:

> Kris Haight wrote:
>
> > ...
> > This is why I disagree with people who say there should not be an 
> > option for
> > this when installing. If there was an option it would be easy to say 
> > "when
> > you are setting up drives, select this optiom". Even if the option is
> > burried under two or three menus.
> >
> > Anyhow I hope this helps.
> >
> >  
> Thanks for your reply. Per my earlier post, the problem is solved. It 
> was because /boot was logical and Disk Druid accepted it. I logged a 
> defect in bugzilla.
>
> My last problem i'm aware of is that sound card is detected 
> incorrectly, and i don't know much about it. It says Analog Devices 
> Inc., SoundMax Digital Audio in XP. It gets detected as <model>IXP150 
> AC'97 Audio Controller</model>, <module>snd-atiixp</module>. And test 
> sounds and the rest fail in both Gnome and KDE.
> This is a brand new laptop, and HP support couldn't give me specifics 
> about the sound card. I am afraid even if i find out what the card is, 
> there might not be a driver for it.
> Btw. sndconfig is no longer applicable, because sound architecture has 
> changed.
>
> P.S. Also, the only driver i found for this laptop's integrated 
> wireless card (Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g), costs $20 after 1 
> month: http://www.linuxant.com/company/. I will probably settle for it 
> if i don't find anything else, but any tips to avoid $20 expense are 
> appreciated. I hear that HP support couldn't help others with this 
> card other than saying buy a different one. The URL above might 
> actually come in handy for many other users as well, and may qualify 
> as a QA entry. I spent nearly a day to come up with it. The linuxant 
> solution appears somewhat slower than performance on XP, but overall 
> is a pretty decent way to go. At least with the wireless i know of 
> this way to have it working. With sound, i don't have a clue yet. 
> Although frankly i haven't focused on it yet.
>
> Thanks,
> <rsa/>

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