[9fans] Still trying to acd going

[9fans] Still trying to acd going

[John Boutland]

I mailed a couple of days ago on this subject but have not found an 
answer yet. It would be vey nice to get this very neat
bit of software going. Following a reply from Gabi Diaz(?) who suggested 
that the Ensoniq es1371 was not supported, I dug up an oldish SB16 card 
but have still had no success. From earlier postings, I've tried 
audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 (as well as audio1, type=ess1688 and various 
other ports) in plan9.ini, and have run bind '#A' /dev. Following a (Dec 
2000, so maybe out of date) posting from Russ Cox, I didn't enter irq or 
dma; even more variables to get wrong). As I mentioned earlier, 
everything works except I get no sound. I get the track title OK from 
the server. Using some of these ports produces other errors, as I would 
expect. Russ Cox's posting mentioned a program, tsb.c, a soundblaster 
probe, but it's no longer around, at least where it used to be.
John

Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[Gabriel Diaz]

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Hello

you got /dev/audio and /dev/audioctl after the bind #A?

if the answer is yes you have a supported soundcard, the easiest way to test
it is using cdfs.

insert an audio-cd on your drive
use cdfs to mount it under /mnt/cd and go there
then cat a* > /dev/audio
if still there is no sound type something like
echo 'volume out 100%' > /dev/audioctl

gabi


On 8/7/06, John Boutland <boutland@exemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> I mailed a couple of days ago on this subject but have not found an
> answer yet. It would be vey nice to get this very neat
> bit of software going. Following a reply from Gabi Diaz(?) who suggested
> that the Ensoniq es1371 was not supported, I dug up an oldish SB16 card
> but have still had no success. From earlier postings, I've tried
> audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 (as well as audio1, type=ess1688 and various
> other ports) in plan9.ini, and have run bind '#A' /dev. Following a (Dec
> 2000, so maybe out of date) posting from Russ Cox, I didn't enter irq or
> dma; even more variables to get wrong). As I mentioned earlier,
> everything works except I get no sound. I get the track title OK from
> the server. Using some of these ports produces other errors, as I would
> expect. Russ Cox's posting mentioned a program, tsb.c, a soundblaster
> probe, but it's no longer around, at least where it used to be.
> John
>
>

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Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[Federico G. Benavento]

>  Russ Cox's posting mentioned a program, tsb.c, a soundblaster 
> probe, but it's no longer around, at least where it used to be.

maybe this is what your are talking about: http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/rsc/plan9/sbprobe.c

Federico G. Benavento

Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[geoff]

One of the machines here with a soundblaster has this in its plan9.ini:

audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 irq=5

Only Soundblaster 16 and compatible cards are driven by #A with
type=sb16.  With type=ess1688, #A will drive ESS 1688 and compatible
cards.  No other sound cards are supported by #A, so nowadays people
seem to be using USB audio devices via usbaudio in usb(4).

Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[Sascha Retzki]

> I mailed a couple of days ago on this subject but have not found an 
> answer yet. It would be vey nice to get this very neat
> bit of software going. 

I've got an interesting question for you, where can I find 'acd' :) ? I have no manpage, no source-code, no binary with that name, nor a grep acd /n/sources/contrib/*/INDEX found something.

>Following a reply from Gabi Diaz(?) who suggested 
> that the Ensoniq es1371 was not supported, I dug up an oldish SB16 card 
> but have still had no success. 

SB16 works, but AC97-cards (the ensoniq-chip is ac97) don't. Likely to change because I am an audiophile and will start to work on drivers some day. ;)

> From earlier postings, I've tried 
> audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 (as well as audio1, type=ess1688 and various 
> other ports) in plan9.ini, and have run bind '#A' /dev. 

I have this one in my plan9.ini. I typed those values in from memory, I was 'passivly' using computers when ISA was in, so I never really got how to find these numbers out without trial-and-error methods:

audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 irq=7 dma=5

(it is the only ISA-card on a two ISA-slot board, if that matters (probably doesn't)).


Note two things: 

1.) After this is in your plan9.ini, the kernel/driver will know what to do. You will still have to bind the file-system provided by the audio-driver into your namespace - that is bind -a '#A' /dev ...

2.) You are new to Plan9? Did you yet notice that there are private namespaces? That means if you open a window, and bind #A into your namespace, just that client (and childs) will see /dev/audio.. if you look in window2, you will not see /dev/audio in there until you bind it there, too (or, you put the bind 'up one layer', so bind #A before rio starts. Or, in acme, execute "Local bind -a '#A' /dev" (see Local in acme(1)).




But I am pretty sure gdiaz is right that 'acd', however where it is ;), as a cd-player (it apperently is), will just command the ATAPI-drive to start/stop playing. I do not know if you can change the volume from software, maybe check for that. 


Mfg, Sascha

Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[Sascha Retzki]

> Hello
> 
> you got /dev/audio and /dev/audioctl after the bind #A?
> 

There is audiostat. A 'ctl'-file is called 'volume'. But I like audioctl more, too :)

Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[John Boutland]

  Thanks to various of you for the helpful mail. Am going to try out a few 
things from you later today.

Sasha, Yes, I'm new to Plan9. I just realised he extent of the private name 
space yesterday, when discovering that certain things done in the rio window 
had not affected the acme window.

Re your question, I found acd in  /acme/bin/386

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sascha Retzki" <sretzki@gmx.de>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going


>> I mailed a couple of days ago on this subject but have not found an
>> answer yet. It would be vey nice to get this very neat
>> bit of software going.
>
> I've got an interesting question for you, where can I find 'acd' :) ? I 
> have no manpage, no source-code, no binary with that name, nor a grep acd 
> /n/sources/contrib/*/INDEX found something.
>
>>Following a reply from Gabi Diaz(?) who suggested
>> that the Ensoniq es1371 was not supported, I dug up an oldish SB16 card
>> but have still had no success.
>
> SB16 works, but AC97-cards (the ensoniq-chip is ac97) don't. Likely to 
> change because I am an audiophile and will start to work on drivers some 
> day. ;)
>
>> From earlier postings, I've tried
>> audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 (as well as audio1, type=ess1688 and various
>> other ports) in plan9.ini, and have run bind '#A' /dev.
>
> I have this one in my plan9.ini. I typed those values in from memory, I 
> was 'passivly' using computers when ISA was in, so I never really got how 
> to find these numbers out without trial-and-error methods:
>
> audio0=type=sb16 port=0x220 irq=7 dma=5
>
> (it is the only ISA-card on a two ISA-slot board, if that matters 
> (probably doesn't)).
>
>
> Note two things:
>
> 1.) After this is in your plan9.ini, the kernel/driver will know what to 
> do. You will still have to bind the file-system provided by the 
> audio-driver into your namespace - that is bind -a '#A' /dev ...
>
> 2.) You are new to Plan9? Did you yet notice that there are private 
> namespaces? That means if you open a window, and bind #A into your 
> namespace, just that client (and childs) will see /dev/audio.. if you look 
> in window2, you will not see /dev/audio in there until you bind it there, 
> too (or, you put the bind 'up one layer', so bind #A before rio starts. 
> Or, in acme, execute "Local bind -a '#A' /dev" (see Local in acme(1)).
>
>
>
>
> But I am pretty sure gdiaz is right that 'acd', however where it is ;), as 
> a cd-player (it apperently is), will just command the ATAPI-drive to 
> start/stop playing. I do not know if you can change the volume from 
> software, maybe check for that.
>
>
> Mfg, Sascha
>
>
>
>
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Re: [9fans] Still trying to acd going

[Federico Benavento]

Hola,


> I've got an interesting question for you, where can I find 'acd' :) ? I have no manpage, no source-code, no binary with that name, nor a grep acd /n/sources/contrib/*/INDEX found something.
>

/acme/bin/386/acd
/acme/bin/source/acd/

-- 
Federico G. Benavento