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[Solved]Ess-18xx driver not working
Posted: Fri 20 Jul 2012, 08:10
by nonekiller
I have a compaq presario 1655 with a ess 1869 audio card, i have clasic puppy linux 2.14x top10
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42553 and its the only pupy linux that detects my audio card. after that it says its installing the driver but there is still no sound, i sound control icon in the right of the menu bar says its full volume but there is still no audio, can someone help me?
Posted: Fri 20 Jul 2012, 08:46
by Dewbie
What are your hardware specifications?
(processor speed, RAM, etc.)
Posted: Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:58
by nonekiller
-Computer-
Processor : Pentium II (Deschutes)
Memory : 157MB (62MB used)
Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.21
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Tue 17 Jul 2012 01:06:20 PM GMT+8
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : unknown
X11 Vendor : (null)
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : ES1869 - ESS AudioDrive ES1869
-Input Devices-
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
PC Speaker
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA HITACHI_DK227A-4
TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1802B
P.S. my processor runs at 266
and in my bios it says:
sound:enabled
Base i/0 adress 220-22F
interrupt: irq 5
DMA channel: DMA 1
DMA channel: DMA 0
FM I/0 adress: 388 - 28b
MPU I/0 Adress: 330 - 331
FIXED: went into ect/modprobe.conf and edited "options snd-es18xx dma1=1 dma2=5 irq=10" to the values in my bios
Posted: Fri 20 Jul 2012, 20:55
by Dewbie
Might be a good idea to:
* Boot with puppy pfix=ram option.
* Go into Menu / System / GParted partition manager.
* Set up a 360MB Linux-swap partition.
This will make things easier down the road, in case you run out of RAM.
Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:57
by bark_bark_bark
I have a similar sound card in my laptop, and I am having problems in Akita.
Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:15
by Dewbie
My Compaq Deskpro P2/350 has es18xx onboard audio.
Wary works with it, no problem.
(specifically 5.1.1 k2.6.31.14 and k2.6.30.5; and 5.1.4.1)
Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:18
by darkcity
@nonekiller thanks for reporting fix ; -)
FIXED: went into ect/modprobe.conf and edited "options snd-es18xx dma1=1 dma2=5 irq=10" to the values in my bios
@ bark bark bark
did you try this fix? or trying Wary as Dewbie suggests? More info would probably be need to solve the problem, like which Akita
http://scottjarvis.com/page112.htm
Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:25
by Dewbie
Oops, I wasn't paying attention; bark_bark_bark's laptop has only 64MB RAM.
So Wary might be a bit heavy.
A full installation might work.
(More RAM would definitely help.)
As is, he would need about 448MB of swap.
(RAM) or (RAM + swap) = 512 MB