[Alsa-user] I can't hear anything with my ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1

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My system is Mandrake 9.1 with a Kernel 2.4.21-013mdk.

The module snd-maestro3 is loaded nicely but I can't hear anything.

Thanks in advance,

V=EDctor



I include below some information of my system:

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[root@porvreyes proc]# lspci -vv

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 =
(rev 12)

Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 1740

Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- =
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-

Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=3Dmedium >TAbort- =
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

Latency: 64 (500ns min, 6000ns max)

Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5

Region 0: I/O ports at 1400 [size=3D256]

Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=3D0mA =
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)

Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=3D0 DScale=3D0 PME-

00:06.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem

Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 1374

Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- =
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-

Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=3Dmedium >TAbort- =
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

Latency: 64 (63000ns min, 3500ns max)

Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10

Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=3D256]

Region 1: I/O ports at 1060 [size=3D8]

Region 2: I/O ports at 1800 [size=3D256]

Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2

Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=3D160mA =
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)

Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=3D0 DScale=3D0 PME-

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[root@porvreyes proc]# lsmod

Module         Size     Used by Not tainted

udf                90464         0 (autoclean)

parport_pc     25096         1 (autoclean)

lp                  8096            0 (autoclean)

parport           34176           1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]

maestro3        28528         0

soundcore       6276           0 [maestro3]

ac97_codec     12488         0 [maestro3]

nfsd                 74256         0 (autoclean)

ds                     8456         2

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(modules.conf file)

probeall usb-interface usb-uhci

alias sound-slot-0 maestro3

above snd-maestro3 snd-pcm-oss

alias eth0 8139too

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