Re: sound

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Eric Ravelomanantsoa wrote:

> > > In tere anyway to compile your kernel without have to use modules to
> > > enable sound
> >
> > If you have a non-pnp card, yes. For example, I've played with the same
> > card as Doug for a while, and just gave up after a while. Found a
> > different sound card, SB16. It wasnt pnp, and after a quick kernel
> > recompilation it works fine. I compiled the driver into kernel.

> 
> How did you do that, since make [menu/x]config of 2.2.x never suggest
> the Sounblaster stuff. I understood from previous discussions, that one
> have to use modules for sound to work under 2.2.x. Is so, where are the
> sound modules sources ? (I have a SB PCI64 card, non PnP). I got the
> kernel-source-2.2.1 package from Slink and found nothing. Do I have to
> get another package ? I gave alsa-source package (from Slink) a try, by
> it did'nt compile under my 2.2.1 source tree. 


In make menuconfig, select Sound and 
<*> OSS sound modules
<*> 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support.

The lines for the IRQ, etc., parameters will then appear, with default
values.

Bob