Re: Debian & sound

["Alexei Khlebnikov" <khlebnikov@scnsoft.com>]

> It has OPL-3SAx non-pnp soundchip and I couldn't get it working. I tried
> using OSS/Lite OPL-3SA2 driver without success. I tried same thing on ALSA
> drivers without success.
>
> I read on some page that OSS drivers could solve my problem. But there is
> also reports that people has succeeded with RH-dristribution so I assume
> that this soundchip should work in Debian also..?
>
> Has anyone experiences? Tips? Anything?

I have some experience. In my case I just compiled drivers opl3sa2, opl3sa,
opl3,
mpu401 into the kernel and after reboot everything worked fine. I dont't
know
why it has become working and what driver is responsible for it. The card
was
Yamaha OPL3-SAx. I don't remember, but I might be set up io/irq/dma in make
menuconfig.

I also tried to use sndconfig with another card and sndconfig has perfectly
set it up.
It was SB ESS. In this case I have entered io/irq/dma parameters at
sndconfig's
windows.

What I recommend you to do. Have your card working in windows. Write down
its parameters (io,irq,dma,dma16,mpu,etc). Run sndconfig and provide these
parameters when asked. If it fails, try to modprobe various OSS modules:
opl3sa2,
opl3sa, opl3, etc. If it fails, go to kernel sources, find sources of
probable modules
(opl3sa2, etc), for example op3sa2.c. Look into the source file and locate
strings
like MODULE_PARM. These are this module's possible command line parameters.
Write them down and again try to modprobe your modules, but now with various
parameters provided (I recommend to provide all parameters). I think, the
problem
is in io port setting, because 0x160 is too low and not autoprobed. So,
provide
it through the command line.

Good luck!