Camiel Coenen wrote: > > Hi, I have a laptop with an ES1869 AudioDrive > card, which I have tried to compile into the > kernel. According to the manual in /usr/src/linux/ > Documentation/sound, I need to add the argument > esstype=1869 to the Soundblaster configuration in > order for the system to detect my card, but I > haven't managed to with either make menuconfig or > make xconfig. Other sound components such as OPL3 > are successfully initialized during the boot > process. Has anyone of experienced the same > problem with the es1869 : can you help me out ?
I got a laptop with a ESS1887 AudioDrive, currently working properly on slink + kernel 2.2.12 using sb module. I think you could to try 'modprobe sb io=0x??? dma=??? mpu_io=??? esstype=1869' (substitute ??? with appropriate value) then 'cat /dev/sndstat' to check the status. Unload sb if already loaded. That should work. To make the sb module loaded at startup with esstype option, you have to look for a file in /etc where it has a line 'sb io=??? dma=??? mpu_io???'. Just add the 'esstype=1869' to the line. (Can't remember the filename, I think it's /etc/conf.modules. Sorry.) Regards, Kenneth
