Re: Aaaarrrgggghhh!!!!
Monte Milanuk wrote:
> "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 10:37:17PM -0700, Monte Milanuk wrote:
> > > "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> > > > > # Card 1: (serial identifier b6 ff ff ff ff 35 68 63 0e)
> > > > > # Vendor Id CSC6835, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0xB6.
> > > > > # Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.1
> > > > > # ANSI string -->CS4236B<--
> > > > ^^^^^^^^
> > > > This would indicate the accelerated cs4232.
> > > > I think I have more/less the same thing...
> > > >
> > >
> > > Whoops! Sorry. I searched for 'cs4236' and forgot to try 'CS4236'. My
> > > bad.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ummm... didn't see anything in xconfig for a cs4236 driver... course,
> > > it's been one of those weeks :(
> >
> > Maybe need to enable experimental drivers? Ahh, just looking and was
> > thinking of "Crystal Soundfusion (CS4280/CS461x)". It came up in my
> > head because there's some connection with the CS4611 PCI audio
> > accelerator (which I have, but doesn't work with that driver).
> >
> > > Whee! It says: modprobe sound, insmod ad1848, insmod uart401, insmod
> > > cs4232 io=* irq=* dma=* dma2=* and it gives nominal values, same as you
> > > gave. (about the only thing that is tickling my brain at this point is
> > > it refers to the io=0x534 being the same as the 'Windows Sound System'
> > > -- do I need to compile in the Microsoft Sound system module to kick
> > > this thing in gear?). Tried that. Still didn't work. Same document
> > No you don't want generic WSS (only 8-bit I think).
> >
> > > says if this doesnt work, need to use Linux PnP. So, I look in
> > > xconfig. Yes, I enabled Plug-n-Pray. It says to check out pnpdump,
> > > isapnp, and isapnp.conf. So, I dug a bit thru the manpages for those
> >
> > PNP shouldn't be required (though I've done it with both with no
> > difference -- 'cept some isapnp settings will make the sound worse
> > like in WSS mode).
> >
> > > Whoohoo! Looking good! So I do a quick rmmod to remove my still
> > > uninitialized cs4232 module, and then do another 'insmod cs4232 io=0x534
> > > irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0'. And this is what I got for my troubles:
> > >
> > > ishamael:/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound# insmod cs4232 io=0x534
> > > irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0
> > > Using /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/cs4232.o
> > >
> > > I ended up (as before) having to do a Cntrl+'c' to kill it to get my
> > > computer back. I tried io=0x220 as well, hoping(praying) for SB
> > > compatibility, something. Nada.
> > >
> > > </bash head against desk>
> > >
> > > Any idea's suggestions, I'm open to 'em. Ugh, this is almost like
> > > work!!
> >
> > Maybe consider forking over a couple bucks for a couple SB LIVE
> > soundcards? I understand they're dirt cheap and work well for what they
> > do. I don't understand why your machine would get stuck. Do you have
> > your BIOS set to "PNP OS"? If so, turn it off. Think I've told you
> > 'bout all I could think of.
> >
>
> Well, I _have_ a Soundblaster AWE64, and a Soundblaster16(dunno if this
> one works -- I 'inherited' it). I'd tried the AWE64 awhile back, and it
> seemed like things didn't want to play nicely, even w/ the onboard sound
> disabled in the BIOS. The main reasons I've been trying to get the
> onboard sound working is a) the principle of the thing, and b) I've had
> it working under RH w/ sndconfig (though w/ that damn 'pop'), and
> flawlessly under SuSE 6.4 w/ the OSS/commercial drivers and SuSE
> 7.0/Mandrake 7.2 w/ whatever drivers they use. Unfortunately, I never
> dug around to see 'how', since things just 'worked'.
If you still have them, why don't you try to see if those OSS/commercial drivers
work together with Debian?
I for one would be _very_ interested to know if that works - it would probably be
cheaper to buy commercial drivers for the card I have than to buy a new card
(what do they charge BTW?).
--
Best regards,
Peter Hugosson-Miller
"Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
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