On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Casey Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So now I'm totally confused as to how to set up my card in Linux. I ran
>sndconfig but when I go to set the resource settings, I can't seem to
>get the right combination. It doesn't even list FF00h as one of the I/O
>port addresses as an option. I'm guessing I'm going to have to manually
>configure the card. Can somebody help me out by telling me what modules
>I need to load, and what config files I need to modify, and what lines I
>need to add? I've never had to manually configure a sound card before.
> Just as a side note, when I used Redhat 6.2, I ran sndconfig and chose
>the es1371 sound module and the card worked without me even having to
>configure anything (I sort of stumbled on this by accident -- I just
>tried different cards until I found one that worked). If somebody could
>help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
First, you should recompile the kernel and build sound as
modules. You basically need
CONFIG_SOUND
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS
CONFIG_SOUND_SB
and maybe
CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812
Note that you see the names of the config options by default only
when running 'make config'. If you prefer 'make menuconfig' (like
I do), you need to look up the short help text for each option by
pressing '?' and watch the upper left hand corner.
Your configuration should look like this:
<M> Sound card support
<M> OSS sound modules
<M> 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support
<M> FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support
Then install the modutils package and put the resources in some
file under /etc/modutils/. This is my /etc/modutils/options:
options sound dmabuf=1
options sb esstype=1868 io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1
options mpu401 io=0x330
options opl3 io=0x388
It's for an ISA based Soundblaster clone (the ESS 1868). For
instructions on these options see the kernel docs in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound.
Finally run "update-modules" and then load the modules:
modprobe sb
modprobe opl3
If it works, put the names of the modules in /etc/modules, one
per line. They will be loaded whenever you boot the system.
--
Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
