Re: Sound drivers, kernel modules etc...
On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Person, Rod wrote:
> Hey Again,
>
> Since my plunge into the world of Linux, I have put aside the minor
> things to get the necessary working. Now it is time for the fluff...
>
> My sound does not work!
>
> What kernel modules need to be installed for sound?
> Where do I get the drivers? I have a soundblaster 16. I have seen
> drivers for SB AWE, but nothing for mine?
>
> Just wanting a little noise.
>
The drivers are included in the kernel source, but if they are not in the
stock Debian kernel, as I suspect, you will have to compile. I usually
include sound in the kernel, rather than as a module.
In the configuration step, I use the following (answer 'm' to the first
question if you want sound as a module and supply the appropriate IRQ
and DMA settings for your card):
Sound card support (CONFIG_SOUND) [Y/m/n/?]
Sound Blaster (SB, SBPro, SB16, clones) support (CONFIG_SB) [Y/n/?]
Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support (CONFIG_ADLIB) [Y/n/?]
/dev/dsp and /dev/audio support (CONFIG_AUDIO) [Y/n/?]
FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support (CONFIG_YM3812) [Y/n/?] ?
I/O base for SB Check from manual of the card (SBC_BASE) [220]
Sound Blaster IRQ Check from manual of the card (SBC_IRQ) [7]
Sound Blaster DMA 0, 1 or 3 (SBC_DMA) [1]
Sound Blaster 16 bit DMA (_REQUIRED_for SB16, Jazz16, SMW) 5, 6 or 7 (use 1 for 8 bit cards) (SB_DMA2) [5]
MPU401 I/O base of SB16, Jazz16 and ES1688 Check from manual of the card (SB_MPU_BASE) [0]
SB MPU401 IRQ (Jazz16, SM Wave and ES1688) Use -1 with SB16 (SB_MPU_IRQ) [-1]
Audio DMA buffer size 4096, 16384, 32768 or 65536 (DSP_BUFFSIZE) [65536]
Bob
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