[alsa-devel] sbxfi - What works/doesn't summary

[The Source]

Jason Harvey пишет:
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
>
>   
>> It'd be helpful if someone can summarize the working and non-working
>> cases.  For example,
>>
>> global info:
>> 0. SBXFI model (product name, PCI ID, PCI SSID, cat /proc/asound/cards
>> entry)
>> 1. sbxfi driver version (date & HEADs)
>> 2. base_rate value
>> 3. system details (x86-64, distro, kernel version, etc)
>>
>> for each app:
>> A. Application name / version
>> B. working or not-working, problem descriptions
>> C. ALSA or OSS (you can see it in /proc/asound/card*/pcm0/sub0/hw_params)
>> D. period_size and buffer_size (ditto, or in kernel message)
>> E. any special options
>>
>> Maybe also nice on Wiki...
>>     
>
> Hi,
>
> Here's my setup and what's currently working.
>
> 0. [SB0550         ]: SBXFi - SB XFi (SB0550)
>                       SB XFi (SB0550) at 0x3040 irq 28
>
> 1. sbxfi driver version (date & HEADs)
>     26 Oct 2008
>     ./HEAD - 8682b8b4ced855b01639d85098ca7de23db87c3d Merge branch 
> 'topic/snd-hrtimer'
>     ./alsa-kernel/HEAD - 8f5d017c10e9da0b1e06f674bfc2c764192d090b Merge 
> branch 'topic/sbxfi'
>
> 2. base_rate - 48000
>
> 3. x86_64, Fedora 9, 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64
>
> APPS TESTED
>
> Mplayer -  dev-SVN-r27841-4.3.0
>
>     WORKING
>
>     cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
>
>     access: RW_INTERLEAVED
>     format: S16_LE
>     subformat: STD
>     channels: 2
>     rate: 48000 (48000/1)
>     period_size: 1024
>     buffer_size: 16384
>     OSS format: S16_LE
>     OSS channels: 2
>     OSS rate: 48000
>     OSS period bytes: 4096
>     OSS periods: 16
>     OSS period frames: 1024
>
>
> Firefox 3.0.2 flash-plugin-10.0.12.36-release.i386
>
>     WORKING
>
>     cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
>     access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
>     format: S16_LE
>     subformat: STD
>     channels: 2
>     rate: 48000 (48000/1)
>     period_size: 1024
>     buffer_size: 16384
>
> Enemy Territory Quake Wars worked but crashed after a couple of minutes. 
> Graphics card is new so can't be sure what happened.
>
> If I set Gnome to use OSS I can get sound from Rhythmbox.
>
>
> Sorry to tag this on to the end of this message, the problems below are 
> likely of my own causing rather than the sbxfi driver...
>
> I'm investigating why when I select alsa or pulse in Gnome I get an 
> error on clicking the test button.
> "audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! 
> gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback."
> Selecting OSS and clicking test I hear the sine wave.
> But I cannot hear any desktop effect noises or the system bell.
> Same issue with KDE. I hear the log on tune but nothing else from the 
> desktop itself.
> Possibly my machine is just too messed up and needs a re-install, it's 
> been upgraded continuously from around FC3 and could do with an overhaul.
>
> Regards, Jason
> _______________________________________________
> Alsa-devel mailing list
> Alsa-devel at alsa-project.org
> http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
>
>   
You can't hear desktop sounds because they always use pulseaudio no 
matter what sound system you select as default. For me pulseaudio plays 
first sound fine after start, others are corrupt along with sound from 
all other apps. I'll post hw_params later. Also pulseaudio tends to 
crash often with this driver so I suppose your problem is the same.