From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.romualt.dhs.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AjZG-0000rs-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 23:47:10 -0400 Received: (qmail 32136 invoked by uid 1002); 23 May 2002 03:46:42 -0000 Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 22:46:42 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: problem configuring sb16 and alsa Message-ID: <20020522224642.B32086@romualt.dhs.org> References: <20020522135317.A30754@romualt.dhs.org> <20020523030102.A13853@joana.gotss.net> <20020522140820.A30830@romualt.dhs.org> <20020523101504.B14731@joana.gotss.net> <20020522212923.A31956@romualt.dhs.org> <20020523110442.I14731@joana.gotss.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020523110442.I14731@joana.gotss.net>; from kerry@gotss.net on Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:04:42AM +0800 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Pci cards cost money, and I don't have any to spend now (grin). I don't suppose I'd have better luck with the oss free kernel drivers? Thanks. Greg On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:04:42AM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > Put a PCI card in the machine. > ISA cards require dma bounce buffers and aren't efficient these days. > If youonly hae that card cmos is your best bet; > although I have no idea on alsa 0.9.x 0.5.x works well for me > so I have not upgraded. > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 09:29:23PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > So, is there anything I can do short of going into cmos and playing with the irq assignments? > > Greg > > > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:15:04AM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > > Yes Greg, I can read and I realize the card > > > is ISA. > > > You must realize that unless a resource is specifically reserved for the ISA > > > bus, it is liable to appear only on the PCI bus. > > > Interrupts default to beeing assigned for PCI devices or ISAPNP devices. > > > Unless you assign them to legacy ISA any interrupts generated by > > > ISA cards never make it to the system. > > > The symptom of this is that when you cat /proc/interrupts 5 shows as in > > > use by the soundcard it has + to show it is enabled but the > > > count of interrupts is 0 and never increases. > > > BTW there was never a PCI SB16 > > > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:08:20PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > The card is an isa card. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:01:02AM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > > > > If the board is a PCI board, then it will default > > > > > to setting irqs to PCI/ISAPNP which isn't what you want. > > > > > You want irq5 on legacy isa. If Alsa can't trigger > > > > > and detect an interrupt it won't find the sb16. > > > > > Dos may work because unlike Linux it doesn't attempt to reconfigure bios32 and > > > > > ESCD/PCI space. Just a thought. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au > > > > > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au > > > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup