Re: Motherbnoard Sound Device
That is not exactly true. I have an onboard Sound Pro which I have gotten
to work with my Linux box. It has taken a lot of work and I'm not sure
exactly what I did to get it to work, but it does now work. Have you
tried using isapnp?
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Bert Conliffe wrote:
> Hi Fellow Motherboard Sound Device Users,
>
> I too am having the same difficulty, getting my motherboard
> sound device to be recognized by the current linux sound
> drivers. I've done all sorts of gyrations with the kernel
> and configuring sound ( I've configured fixed and loadable
> modules ), and to date, it always comes back the same.
> The configuration takes place, but the devices are not found.
> I've also used MSS" in my configurations, to no avail.
>
> The motherboard is a Pentium MMX which has an on board Sound
> Pro. The documentation states, it is Sound Blaster 16/PRO
> compatible. Windows 95 is using the following to access the
> sound device and it works great. The specs are:
>
> SB16 DSP 4.13 Port: 220h IRQ: 5 DMA: 1 DMAhigh: 5
>
> I've contacted several linux/sound/knowledgeable persons,
> and they all state that the current sound drivers do not
> support the motherboard sound device.
>
> I hope that I'm putting "my foot in my mouth", ( because
> it would provide a solution to our problem ); but, I
> think that until someone modifies a current sound driver,
> or writes a new one, if we want sound, we'll have to look
> elsewhere for a solution.
>
> Bert
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