[NBLUG/talk] Sound card problem

Ian Sutherland iansuth at sbcglobal.net
Thu Oct 28 09:44:46 PDT 2004


Bob, Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried all your suggestions except 
changing the interrupt. How do I change the interrupt in Linux(Fedora)?

Thanks, Ian

At 09:37 AM 10/24/2004, you wrote:
> > I am using Fedora Core 3, kernel 2.6.9-1.639, KDE session. When I play a
> > sound on the sound card, PCI Ensonic, ens 1371 the sound is overlayed by
> > static hissing and cracklling. The card works normally in Windows,
> > Knoppix and worked with Fedora Core 2. I have tried reinstalling the
> > card and using ALSA, unskillfully I suspect, to install drivers to no
> > avail.
> > Any suggestions?
>
>Oh yeah. I've dealt with this exact problem. Various forms of X and kernel
>have issues with the video driver and ultimately the motherboard chipset
>and the way the PCI bus is allocated.
>
>You might try playing with bios settings for "PCI Delayed Transaction". It
>probably will change it, but the problem won't go completely away.
>
>Also moving your sound card to a different slot(and a different interrupt).
>
>But basically it's a kernel and motherboard incompatibility, made worse by
>X using the video card and starving the sound card, that you may be able
>to solve without getting a new motherboard, but you may need to move your
>sound card, fuss with the bios or change kernels.
>
>I use SuSE and the problem went away when I went from 8.2 to 9.0 and it
>didn't come back in 9.1 which uses a 2.9 kernel.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bob
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