From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from executioner.lis.net.au ([203.35.83.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18c06x-0001sm-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 04:26:55 -0500 Received: from uucp by executioner.lis.net.au with local-rmail (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18c06t-00067v-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:26:51 +1100 Received: from kerry by gotss1.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18bzo5-0006DW-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:07:25 +0800 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:07:25 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Soundcards Revisited Message-ID: <20030124170725.A23827@joana.gotss.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alex_snow@gmx.net on Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 08:10:51PM -0500 From: Kerry Hoath Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: There is documentation on the modules in the kernel source directory /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound or similar. If you have a modern system with PCI slots you need to tell the bios to allocate irq5 to legacy isa so that it will show on the isa bus otherwise Linux may never see the interrupts from the card. It is also possible that y ou can configure this with the pci routing subsystem in 2.4.x and bypass the bios altogether but it is recommended you use the bios. non-plug 'n' play cards software set the resources; the defaults for an sb16 are i/o port 0x220 irq 5 dma1=1 and dma2=5 Check the modules documentation you need to edit /etc/modules.conf and put in a line like options sb16 io=0x220 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=5 then modprobe sb16. If you run redhat there is a sndconfig util you can run; not sure about slackware etc. Does the box also run windows? What are the resource settings there? Regards, Kerry. On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 08:10:51PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > Hi All, > > I decided to try this soundcard thing again. I had some sited assistance > read me some info off of the card. It's an isa soundblaster 16 non-pnp, > dated 1993 (?). I have no idea what irq it uses. Does anyone know how I > can find out what irq it is using? Or how can I specify the irq on the > command line when loading the module? I think the reason it dant find the > card is that it doesn't know what resources it's using. > > Any help would be greatly apreciated! > > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" > > > _______________________________________________ > 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