That is not exactly true. I have an onboard Sound Pro which I have gotten to work with my Linux box. It has taken a lot of work and I'm not sure exactly what I did to get it to work, but it does now work. Have you tried using isapnp?
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Bert Conliffe wrote: > Hi Fellow Motherboard Sound Device Users, > > I too am having the same difficulty, getting my motherboard > sound device to be recognized by the current linux sound > drivers. I've done all sorts of gyrations with the kernel > and configuring sound ( I've configured fixed and loadable > modules ), and to date, it always comes back the same. > The configuration takes place, but the devices are not found. > I've also used MSS" in my configurations, to no avail. > > The motherboard is a Pentium MMX which has an on board Sound > Pro. The documentation states, it is Sound Blaster 16/PRO > compatible. Windows 95 is using the following to access the > sound device and it works great. The specs are: > > SB16 DSP 4.13 Port: 220h IRQ: 5 DMA: 1 DMAhigh: 5 > > I've contacted several linux/sound/knowledgeable persons, > and they all state that the current sound drivers do not > support the motherboard sound device. > > I hope that I'm putting "my foot in my mouth", ( because > it would provide a solution to our problem ); but, I > think that until someone modifies a current sound driver, > or writes a new one, if we want sound, we'll have to look > elsewhere for a solution. > > Bert > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > ======================================================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1998-99 Aka Khyron the Backstabber : ICQ# 2325055 Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh "Happiness comes in short spurts. Don't be fooled." =======================================================================
