No beep - Nvidia messages in log

From: M_F_H (no_one_at_example.com)
Date: 09/23/04

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    I'm running Fedora 2 on an Asus SN7 nForce2 motherboard and have
    just installed the update drivers from Nvidia for their chip-based
    Ethernet, USB and sound components. The Ethernet and USB work fine,
    both in operation and in the entries made in /var/log/messages.

    The sound works, too, somewhat. I can play CDs and audio files, but
    every once in a while I get spurious entries in /var/log/messages,
    such as:

    Sep 23 00:26:43 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Sep 23 00:26:43 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Value a000c
    Sep 23 00:26:43 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Sep 23 00:27:44 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Sep 23 00:34:07 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Sep 23 00:34:07 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Value a000c
    Sep 23 00:34:07 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Sep 23 00:35:08 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Sep 23 00:43:26 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Sep 23 00:43:26 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Value a000c
    Sep 23 00:43:26 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Sep 23 00:44:27 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Sep 23 00:49:37 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Sep 23 00:49:37 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Value a000c
    Sep 23 00:49:37 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Sep 23 00:51:24 hts04 kernel: Nvsound: Nvaudio_release

    I get these log entries apparently only when I do something that
    causes a beep alert, only I don't hear any beeps.

    Here is the output to dmesg:

    ...
    nvnet: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
    PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64
    divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
    forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.25.
    divert: freeing divert_blk for eth0
    ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
    ip_conntrack version 2.1 (7935 buckets, 63480 max) - 296 bytes per
    conntrack
    nvnet: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
    PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64
    divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
    device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
    parport0: irq 7 detected
    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
    lp0: console ready
    eth0: no IPv6 routers present
    nvsound: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
    Nvsound: Nvidia Audio Init Module, 20:51:11 Jul 27 2004 version 1.0-0
    PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.0 to 64
    Nvsound: NVIDIA nForce2 Audio found at IO 0xb800 and 0xb400, IRQ b
    Nvsound: Aci_device 3fe77000 Apu_device 00000000
    Nvsound: DEV MIXER 0 DEV AUDIO 3
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Unable to change the Playback SampleRate, set back to 48000
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
    PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
    divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device ppp0
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    PPP Deflate Compression module registered
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    divert: no divert_blk to free, ppp0 not ethernet
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
      Get REC SRC as 0 return as 80
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Unable to change the Playback SampleRate, set back to 48000
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    Nvsound: Set format as 10
    Nvsound: Value a000c
    Nvsound: fragment size a fragnum c
    Nvsound: Nvaudio_release
    ...

    Mind you, one reason for loading the Nvidia updates was to get the
    beep alerts again, which I lost some time ago.

    Any ideas about the log entries?

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