On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Ivan wrote: > Hi EveryOne ! > > I'm trying to enable sound support on my Debian system which, according to > the reading I've done, requires recompilation of the kernel. > > Using config (the how-to or readme suggested that xconfig is not the best > to use ?) I have configured everything that I want except SOUND!!! > > The readme file says that PnP is not supported - is this still the case ? > If PnP is not directly supported can anyone advise how to work around to > enable this card to work ? ( I'm sure I'm not the only Debian user with a > PnP sound card !!! )
Umm Actually I believe it works fine if you have a PnP bios that assigns the hardware at that level. > I can't remember exactly the boot remarks but is similar to > sound configuration started > sound configuration stopped > The readme or how-to indicates that I should expect information regarding > the type of support being initiated between the starting and the stopping. > The lack of information apparently indicates that the support has been > compiled but that the card is not detected. > > I therefore assume that the device settings that I am using are wrong. > > FYI, the Win95 settings are : > > IRQ 05 > DMA 01 > DMA 03 > I/O RANGE 0220 - 022F > I/O RANGE 0330 - 0331 > I/I RANGE 0388 - 038B > > I used : > > IRQ 05 > DMA 01 > DMA 03 > I/O BASE 220 (first time) > I/O BASE 330 (second time) The I/O base that you probably should be using is 0x220 as this is the default for the SB, I believe that 388 is the midi, and I am not sure about the 330 right now. Linux should read these as hex I believe. I don't know if I can solve your problem, but hopefully this limits its scope for quicker troubleshooting. > <<<< is Linux reading these numbers as decmial or hex ? >>>> > > The next time I recompiled I used > > IRQ 05 > DMA 01 > DMA 05 (after noting that 3 is not on the "allowed" list !) > I/O BASE 330 > I/O BASE 388 > > Still no sound ! > > Any help very much appreciated. > > Ivan. I have been working with an SB16 PnP for a while now, and now an SB Awe64. So I can say that it works as long as you have a PnP bios. Hope this at least can clarify some things. Ehren Wilson -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
