On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 10:49:37AM +1100, Andrew & Julie Daws wrote: > Another (probably) dumb question, about the sound module for my SoundBlaster > card... During the config (menuconfig) one is asked for the IRQ and DMA > settings, but it seems to expect one DMA of 1 or 3, and another of either > 5,6, or 7. This worked fine on my other PC (Jazz16 with IRQ7, DMA 3,5) but > my soundblaster is DMA 1 and 3... the sound module compile and installs > (even loads with insmod OK), but when called (xquake starts) it has an error > during the DMA initialisation... > > Am I missing something obvious here?
Is DMA 3 even valid for the second DMA channel? The second channel is meant to be for 16-bit DMA; I thought that had to be 5, 6, or 7. Can you change it? You probably have 5, 6 and 7 all free; they're not used much on PCs, unlike IRQs (I have 3 PCI cards sharing an IRQ, the situation is so bad). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
