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Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?



On Fri, Oct 17, 1997 at 09:04:14PM -0200, Nicola Bernardelli wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 
> > > > #define AWE_DEFAULT_BASE_ADDR 0x620 /* base port address */
> > > > #define AWE_DEFAULT_MEM_SIZE  4096   /* kbytes */
> > > > 
> > > > Then it should work.
> > > 
> > > Done, but I still get this with kernel 2.0.30:  AWE32 Sound Driver v0.3.3e
> > > (DRAM 28672k)
> > 
> > This is awkward. You should test it with the new version, too. awe-drv is
> > actually at 0.4.2c (you can find the location in my HOWTO).
> > 
> > Note that the sources coming with kernel 2.1.55 in the lowlevel directory
> > are version 0.3.1! This is very old, and everything can break.
> > 
> > Oh, one more: 0.4.2c does support dynamically loaded sample fonts, so you
> > can use the 4 Megabyte bank with 2 Megabyte RAM on the card. Obviously, you
> > can try the 8 MB with 4MB on card,...
> 
> Ok, I'll get the latest awe-drv at a Debian mirror. Thank you Marcus!

I would be surprised if you could find a debian package newer that 0.3.3c (I
filed a bug report against this old version). get the 0.4.2c at:

http://bahamut.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~iwai/awedrv/

Thank you,
Marcus

-- 
"Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."
Marcus Brinkmann
Marcus.Brinkmann@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/


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