Rene Herman wrote, on 10/07/08 09:56: >> Attached are a working and non-working configurations from alsa-info.sh > > The difference would seem to be that your working configuration uses two > 8-bit DMA channels (dma1=0, dma2=1) while the non-working one uses a > 16-bit channel for dma2 (the playback channel). The driver source indeed > warns that 16-bit DMA appears broken. > > It's the Compaq BIOS which tells the driver which resources the card can > use so does it perhaps provide a way to fix the DMA channel(s) to 8-bit > channels (0,1 and 3)? By running the "Compaq Setup for Portables" boot floppy (delayed by my original floppy going bad /-:), I could reset the ESS1869 to use DMA channels 0 and 1, which results in an automatically working set-up (-:. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions! Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
