Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 11:28:24AM -0800, Britton wrote: > > > > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > > > > > How well/is the AWE64 GOLD Sound card supported under Linux? ..or will it > > > act/function like the SB16? > > > > It will act like a SB16 yes, but this is nothing wonderful, as the SB16 is > > quite pathetic. xmix is the only program I've run into with a line select > > (which you need since the SB 16 has no input mixer). > > And it should act like a AWE-32, because I have the suspicion, that they > mostly enchanced the software driver, not the hardware. (I wouldn't be > surprised, if the hardware is nearly the same. I have a AWE32 with the > 64upgrade, and they say that I have a functionally AWE64, so it is another > sort of "Winsoundcard") > > > What you want is awedrv, which is available as a debian source package. > > Trouble is, it won't compile as a module, which I think means you have to > > use initrd to run isapnp before it will work. I've read the initrd stuff, > > You HAVE to install it as a module, because isapnp must be started first, > and then the sound module has to be installed. In fact, isapnp will be > started automagically by the current initrd scripts, so you have just to > install it, and add two entrys two the isapnp config file (mail me for more > info). > > > but havn't gotten around to trying it yet. Am I right in my understanding > > that you just need to copy over a rescue disk, isapnp, and possible bash > > (to write initrc with) into the initrd environment? Anyone done this?
How your isapnp.conf file looks like? can you send it to me? > > You just have to install and congfigure isapnp, that it is (and add the > sound module to the modules autoloaded at boot time, if you want. You can > even load a sound font bank at boot time). do you mean to let kerneld to load the sound module? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
