Hi
It was a terrible pain for me to get this card working with my
potato system, so I for the benefit of any future souls clever enough to
search the archives for help, here is (my understanding of) how it worked:
- Compile a new kernel with OSS native sound support. It does not matter if
you compile it with the specific support for the Ensoniq 1370/1371 or not.
For a Debian system, I got the kernel source 2.2.12 package and did
# cd /src/linux
# zcat kernel-source-2.2.12.tar.gz | tar xf -
# ln -s kernel-source-2.2.12 linux
# cd linux
# make menuconfig
{ Set lots of kernel choices, a tedious process. Do not
forget to include sound!}
# make-kpkg clean
# make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image
{ This "3:" business is an 'epoch number' that will
later turn out to be incompatible with
ALSA, but I want it for kernel installations }
- Compile the ALSA modules
# cd /src/linux
# make-kpkg --revision=foralsa.1.0 modules_image
{ We cannot use the epoch scheme, so we do a
different revision}
- Install the new kernel and modules
# cd /usr/src
# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.blahblahblah
# dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.2.blahblahblah
- Let ALSA configure itself
# alsaconfig
{One mistake to avoid: I was not sure if I needed ens1370
or ens1371 -- even though it autodetected ens1370
I actually thought the latter was what I wanted.
So I chose both. Big problems.}
- Reboot (we're not finished yet)
# reboot
- Get the driver going
# modprobe snd-card-ens1370
# amixer set "Master" unmute
# amixer set "Master" 100%
# amixer set "CD" unmute
# amixer set "CD" 100%
# amixer set "PCM" unmute
# amixer set "PCM" 100%
- Try playing a CD and some sounds. You'll probably want to play with those
volumes a little.
Things I am still trying to figure out:
- Why do I get constant hissing whenever the volume is at an audible
setting or above?
- Is it better to have the Master volume at high settings and the
others low, or vice versa?
- Will I need to do anything for the Joystick port?
Yours,
Brian
