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 17B0LQ-00037Z-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 17:42:01 -0400 Received: (qmail 2493 invoked by uid 1002); 23 May 2002 21:41:22 -0000 Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:41:22 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: problem configuring sb16 and alsa Message-ID: <20020523164122.A2470@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> <20020522224642.B32086@romualt.dhs.org> <20020523151546.B15142@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: <20020523151546.B15142@joana.gotss.net>; from kerry@gotss.net on Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:15:46PM +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: I don't seem to have scanport on my system. Running pnpdump doesn't reveal any pnp devices. Reconfiguring the alsa drivers with the "--with-debug=basic" option isn't very informative either. May 23 16:27:15 amd kernel: Sound Blaster 16 soundcard not found or device busy May 23 16:27:15 amd kernel: In case, if you have AWE card, try snd-card-sbawe module Warm booting into GNU/Linux after running diagnose doesn't help either. Guess I'll have to try my luck with the kernel drivers. Having a poorly behaving card is better then not having one at all. Besides, I do not plan to do any heavy audio work on this box, I have the pentium -III machine with the sblive card for that kind of stuff. I might use the sb16 machine once in a while to play some mp3s, nothing more. Thanks for the suggestions. Please do let me know if you have anymore. Greg On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:15:46PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > You are welcome to try them, but if you intend > to sample or do lots of audio work speakup does not play well with them. > You can rebuild your drivers with the following command-line: > ./configure --with-debug=basic > then make;make install > and it should dump information to the logs as it tries to detect the card. > You could also run scanport and see if a non-zero value appears around > port 0x220 and if so the card is alive. > Some creative cards were asleep until awoken, and guess what > that is exactly what diagnose did before testing it. > You could r un diagnose, then warm-boot to Linux see if the card works, > or run pnpdump and make sure the card is not in the output > pnpdump >/tmp/isapnp.conf > and look through it for creative devices. > If they are there your card is plug 'n' play. > Yes the plug 'n' play cards also had jumpers :-) > Is it any wonder we ended up calling these cards sound bastard 16 cards > there were so many kinds revisions and quirks. > I had a plug 'n' play card I tried to get going unsuccessfully with alsa > the other day; an awe32 or somesuch, > and it wouldn't go but it could have been a broken card. > I'll think on it, but I am out of ideas for now. > Do check the pnpdump output, some non-plug 'n' play cards also had plug 'n' > play on them and it depended on th e wake up method. > Creative were shockers in that regard. For a laugh read the comments > at the top of sb16.c or the file that controls the dsp on the sb16.