Big Brie's method to get a SoundBlaster 16 PNP working under debian. It seems that the sb module is left out of the default 2.0.36 modules for slink. :(
Recompile your kernel with the sound support as a module. You want the "sb" module which is of course listed as cards that are 100% SoundBlaster compatible. # mv /etc/isapnp.conf /isapnp.conf.old # pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf # isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf (watch the way the card gets configured) check /etc/modutils/modconf that it does not have any of your left over failed attempts to insert the sb module. Execute modconf and specify the options for your soundblaster # modconf Here are my options. Yours may vary (check /etc/isapnp.conf for the way it got configured) Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/SoundBlaster for the description of the example options I have listed. io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 If modconf reports Installation Suceeded you are in good shape. To test it # cat a_sound_file.au > /dev/audio If it fails, go to /etc/modutils/modconf and remove the options that were specified. modconf seems to have a bug in it. So other users may use sound, add them to the audio group in /etc/group That should do it. brian On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 08:41:38AM +0200, Gustavo Gonzalez wrote: > Hi to all, > > I turned to Debian recently. I installed Debian 2.1 (slink) with the > stable kernel 2.0.36 (and I didn't upgrade it to 2.2.x) and it works > fine to my purposes (math computations and multivariate analysis). I > installed my printer and configured my internet connection by modem via > kppp (KDE) wiithout problems. However I cannot get sound from my sound > card. I have a typical Creative SB16 PnP. I tried isapnptools to > suitable configure it without success. I though about disabling the BIOS > PnP option , but I prefer to send this query to the group befor acting. > Would someone help me please? Ay ideas? > > Thank you in advance > > -- > > A. Gustavo Gonzalez linux user #101379 > Universidad de Sevilla > http://www.eumetrics.us.es > Linux: Altius, citius, fortius > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/
