On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Person, Rod wrote: > Hey Again, > > Since my plunge into the world of Linux, I have put aside the minor > things to get the necessary working. Now it is time for the fluff... > > My sound does not work! > > What kernel modules need to be installed for sound? > Where do I get the drivers? I have a soundblaster 16. I have seen > drivers for SB AWE, but nothing for mine? > > Just wanting a little noise. >
The drivers are included in the kernel source, but if they are not in the stock Debian kernel, as I suspect, you will have to compile. I usually include sound in the kernel, rather than as a module. In the configuration step, I use the following (answer 'm' to the first question if you want sound as a module and supply the appropriate IRQ and DMA settings for your card): Sound card support (CONFIG_SOUND) [Y/m/n/?] Sound Blaster (SB, SBPro, SB16, clones) support (CONFIG_SB) [Y/n/?] Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support (CONFIG_ADLIB) [Y/n/?] /dev/dsp and /dev/audio support (CONFIG_AUDIO) [Y/n/?] FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support (CONFIG_YM3812) [Y/n/?] ? I/O base for SB Check from manual of the card (SBC_BASE) [220] Sound Blaster IRQ Check from manual of the card (SBC_IRQ) [7] Sound Blaster DMA 0, 1 or 3 (SBC_DMA) [1] Sound Blaster 16 bit DMA (_REQUIRED_for SB16, Jazz16, SMW) 5, 6 or 7 (use 1 for 8 bit cards) (SB_DMA2) [5] MPU401 I/O base of SB16, Jazz16 and ES1688 Check from manual of the card (SB_MPU_BASE) [0] SB MPU401 IRQ (Jazz16, SM Wave and ES1688) Use -1 with SB16 (SB_MPU_IRQ) [-1] Audio DMA buffer size 4096, 16384, 32768 or 65536 (DSP_BUFFSIZE) [65536] Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
