Re: [Alsa-user] atiixp alsa problems - playback skipping - spent two weeks on this - NEED YOUR HELP

[<dav...@fr...>]

On Sunday 02 Jan 2005 15:13, Gustavo A. Lozano wrote:
> Mine is a A75 which probed pretty unsuccessful with the standard FC3
> kernels after 2.6.5
>
> With the snd_atiixp module the fight was very hard, and the only real
> solution was to compile from 0 the standard kernel.org 2.6.10 kernel.
> Now it works like a charm.

Not encouraging news for me I am afraid - did this, still the same (well - 
almost, the cdrom won't mount now!) - but alsa still gives the same startup 
messages, and the same amount of skipping in mplayer etc.

>
> So my advise is to get a fresh copy of 2.6.10, I still need to build a
> rpm for it, but doing a local compilation should work.
>
> On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 14:11 -0800, Bradley Remedios wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:43:49 +0000, dav...@fr...
> >
> > <dav...@fr...> wrote:
> > >  I am trying to setup a mythtv installation in the lounge using a
> > > Shuttle ST61G4 machine. (ATI RS300 + IXP150 chipset - Intel P4 3Gz)
> >
> > I've tried mythtv on two machines.  Very nice piece of software.  I
> > also have a ATI IXP sound chipset that I had some problems with.  My
> > system is a Toshiba A70 (laptop.).
> >
> > Although I've never had skipping I have had a complete lack of sound.
> > Using a Fedora Core 3 Kernel (replacing the alsa drivers with 1.0.7)
> > works everytime as long as power is removed from the laptop.  (I can
> > turn it off and leave it off, just not remove power cord.)  If sound
> > does not work, rebooting will make sound work on the next and all
> > subsequent reboots (regardless if there is power present.)
> >
> > In order to use a vanilla kernel with alsa 1.0.6 or 1.0.7 (I have not
> > yet upgraded to 1.0.8) you need to add pci=noacpi to the kernel boot
> > parameters.  Apparently, one of the patches included with the fedora
> > core kernel seems to fix this issue.
> >
> > Also, try to make sure atiixp_modem is not installed, as I had
> > problems with that.  I would get no sound and no errors when that
> > module was loaded.
> >
> > >  am considering trying a different package of linux (red hat?) is this
> > > worth it?
> >
> > I am using Fedora Core 3 right now (I've also used Fedora Core 2 with
> > this soundcard.)  I've heard reports of success with debian also.
> >
> > >  am curious that other people are not appearing to have these problems
> > > - what am I doing wrong?
> >
> > I have never experienced skipping, only no sound.  I have heard from
> > others about the skipping but got no response or questions after
> > suggesting the above (so I can only assume it worked for them also.)
> >
> > > 
> > > /export/tmp/Downloads/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.7/kbuild/../pci/../alsa-kern
> > >el/pc i/atiixp.c:458: atiixp: codec read timeout (reg 0)
> >
> > This is exactly the message I got prior to add pci=noacpi to the
> > kernel parameters.
> >
> > Good luck