On Mon, 7 May 2001, Peter Losher wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I just switched from a old ISA SB16 sound card to an Ensonic AudioPCI 97 -
> One of the reason was that I had to jack up the volume on my speakers all
> the way to hear anything, which made the background noise unbearable,
> even after using xmix (which helped, but not enough).

Try using XMMIX.  It's motif, but it's hella better than xmix.

>
> So I install the new card, executed ./MAKEDEV audio0 , and the problem is
> worse (you can just BARELY hear anything at full blast)
>
> Am I missing something here? (or any advice from other Ensonic users?)

"Ensoniq AudioPCI", that's basically a second generation Soundblaster 128,
right?  IIRC, it has two audio output jacks? One line (8 ohm?) and one
amp'd.  I take it you've tried both?

Definately try a better mixer.  What are you using to output? xmms?

Did you look for any sysctl variables?

--Brian

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"GNU/Linux: About as stable as the elements at the bottom of the periodic
table"

>
> Thanks - Peter
>
> -=-
> NetBSD 1.5.1_BETA (AKERS) #0: Tue May  1 17:43:26 PDT 2001
>     plosher@nominum.com:/system/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/AKERS
> cpu0: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) (686-class), 551.27 MHz
> total memory = 127 MB
> avail memory = 113 MB
> using 1659 buffers containing 6636 KB of memory
> BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xf0520
> mainbus0 (root)
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
> pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
> pchb0: Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Controller (rev. 0x03)
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443BX AGP Interface (rev. 0x03)
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: Matrox MGA G400 AGP (rev. 0x04)
> wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> pcib0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0
> pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x02)
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 4 function 1: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4)
> (rev. 0x01)
> pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
> pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST38421A>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
> wd0: 8056 MB, 16368 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16498944
> sectors
> wd0: 32-bit data port
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4
> wd1 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1: <ST36421A>
> wd1: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
> wd1: 6150 MB, 13330 cyl, 15 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 12596850
> sectors
> wd1: 32-bit data port
> wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4
> pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data
> transfers)
> wd1(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data
> transfers)
> pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
> pciide0: disabling secondary channel (no drives)
> uhci0 at pci0 dev 4 function 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller (PIIX4)
> (rev. 0x01)
> uhci0: interrupting at irq 5
> usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0 at usb0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge,
> revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 4 function 3 not configured
> fxp0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Intel i82557 Ethernet, rev 5
> fxp0: interrupting at irq 10
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:e0:18:98:e7:14, 10/100 Mb/s
> inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> eap0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: Ensoniq AudioPCI 97 CT5880C (rev. 0x02)
> eap0: interrupting at irq 11
> eap0: TRA3 codec; no 3D stereo
> audio0 at eap0: full duplex, mmap, independent
> midi0 at eap0: AudioPCI MIDI UART
> isa0 at pcib0
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
> com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi1 at pcppi0: PC speaker
> sysbeep0 at pcppi0
> isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
> fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
> fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
> biomask e365 netmask e765 ttymask f7e7
> boot device: wd0
> root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> root file system type: ffs
> wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
> -=-
>
> --
> Peter Losher   				      <Peter.Losher@nominum.com>
> Systems Admin. - Nominum, Inc.              PGP key available on request
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