This link from Marcus Brinkmann helped me a lot when I did my soundblaster setup: it's nice and easy to follow:
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/soundblaster.html (hope he doesn't mind me posting his ref.) HTH Rich Jonathan J. Lupa wrote: > > Hello! > > I just went through this fight with my AWE32... there are some docs out there > that will really help. > For reference: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.gz > And the big gun: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.gz > > All the stuff in there about ISA PnP should apply. ( I'm not sure how kernel > 2.2 resolves the module loading before PnP devices are configured thing, so > this may not apply if you are on a 2.2.* system) > > The only other pointer that I can give is that in /etc/isapnp.conf should be a > default line of > (ISOLATE PRESERVE). > to get mine to work I had to change that line to > (ISOLATE CLEAR) > > >From what I can divine from the documentation, that resets the PnP hardware > settings... I'm sure there is someone more knowledgeable than I for that kind > of explanation. Of course, YMMV... > > ~ > -Jonathan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Programmer -- Creative Solutions Inc. > > On Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:24 PM, Stephen Pitts > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 01:43:29AM -0400, William R Pentney wrote: > > > > Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and > > > > found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in > > > > menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ > > > > etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen "OSS sound > > > > modules" AND "100% Sound Blastaer compatibles", and only then would > > > > you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc. > > > Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still > > > couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the > > > mysterious "isapnptools" package? > > > > > > Thanks, Bill > > > > Yep, that's how I've had to use it. Get the isapnptools package and > > run "pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf". Then go into isapnp.conf and uncomment > > the lines specifying the configuration settings that you want. It is > > a little confusing, so I've included the uncommented portion of my file > > below. After that run isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf. It should give you some > > sort of affirmative message. > > -- > > Stephen Pitts > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > webmaster - http://www.mschess.org > > << File: myisapnp.txt >> > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
