On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I (seem to) have a "Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Plug & Play"
> soundcard which works when I run under W95.
> I was able to get some parameters out of my Window$ setup :
I have the same thing. Works fine for me.
> IRQ=05
> I/O : 0220h-022Fh
> I/O : 0330h-0331h
> I/O : 0338h-038Bh
> DMA : 01
> DMA : 05
More on these later.
> I believe I have to recompile the kernel somehow.
Yes.
> Do I need the awe-drv and related packages ? Or do I already
No.
> have some kind of usefull sound driver by default ?
If you have kernel source installed (it'd be in /usr/src/linux) you most
likely have the SB driver already. Do the following:
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
(choose a color screen if you have one)
play around with the menus some ... it's VERY self-explanatory,
even to the point of being windows-ish ... if you have something, enable
it. Otherwise, disable it. The <help> button is pretty reliable; if it
says "Answer NO here unless you know otherwise", do what it says.
If possible, enable support for loadable modules, and when you
get to it, select the SB16 driver as a module.
eventually you'll come to the <sound> option ... select the driver
for the SoundBlaster16, and deselect the other drivers (you WILL need
/dev/audio support, and /dev/snd ... again, a follow the <help>
recommendations. Obviously, if you don't have a Gravis Ultrasound board,
for example, you can unselect that driver). After you've selected the SB
driver, there should be a place to enter the IRQs and stuff you have
above ... list the IO ranges by the <bottom> of the range.
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Ok, now that you've <make menuconfig>'d
make dep
make clean
make zImage
assuming there are no errors:
make modules
make modules_install
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /
now edit /etc/lilo.conf and make a new stanza exactly like the one for
/vmlinuz, but use /zImage and name the stanza something different.
run lilo, reboot and select your new image (the name you gave the new
stanza). Find a soundfile (like .au ... check out the one from
www.linux.org where Linus pronounces "Linux") and try
cat file.au > /dev/audio
It's long, I know. Email if you have questions before you start.
Will
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