Re: es1869 soundcard

[Kenneth Chin <kenchin@engineer.com>]

Camiel Coenen wrote:
> 
> Hi, I have a laptop with an ES1869 AudioDrive
> card, which I have tried to compile into the
> kernel. According to the manual in /usr/src/linux/
> Documentation/sound, I need to add the argument
> esstype=1869 to the Soundblaster configuration in
> order for the system to detect my card, but I
> haven't managed to with either make menuconfig or
> make xconfig. Other sound components such as OPL3
> are successfully initialized during the boot
> process. Has anyone of experienced the same
> problem with the es1869 : can you help me out ?

I got a laptop with a ESS1887 AudioDrive, currently
working properly on slink + kernel 2.2.12 using
sb module.

I think you could to try
  'modprobe sb io=0x??? dma=??? mpu_io=??? esstype=1869'
  (substitute ??? with appropriate value)
then
  'cat /dev/sndstat' to check the status.

Unload sb if already loaded.

That should work.

To make the sb module loaded at startup with esstype option,
you have to look for a file in /etc where it has a line
'sb io=??? dma=??? mpu_io???'. Just add the 'esstype=1869'
to the line. (Can't remember the filename, I think it's
/etc/conf.modules. Sorry.)

Regards,
Kenneth