Obligatory system information:
FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004 root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
This is the only useful information I could gather from 'dmesg':
Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/snd_ess.ko" at 0xc0a0e0cc.
sbc0: <ESS ES1869 (Compaq OEM)> at port 0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b,0x220-0x22f pcm0: <ESS 18xx DSP> on sbc0
My problem is that sound, primarily system notification, are usually not reproduced correctly. In fact, they are usually quite distorted. I have tried all sorts of different configurations, but without success. I have the latest versions of "KDE" and "X" installed.
I am running these on an older Compaq Presario 5140 computer with an on-board video chip - ESS1869.
Occasionally the sound will play correctly, but not often. In fact, it can change right in the middle of a session.
I would appreciate any assistance that someone can afford me.
This is probably a problem with your sound set up. But, first if you are using ALSA sound, select that manually in the Control Center: "Sound & Multimedia -> Sound System". Under the: "Hardware" tab: "Select the audio device".
Are you using an OSS or an ALSA driver for your sound card?
If you are using ALSA, check your: /etc/modules.conf" file.
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=ESS+Technology&card=ES18xx&chip=ES18xx&module=es18xx
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx
# module options should go here # OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 # card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
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