The documentation seems to imply sound blaster compatable as well. So I tried that driver, as suggested (thanks!) and got a similar result: "...snd-sb16.o: init_module: No such device" "Hint..."
Oh, well. Any new ideas?? Does anyone have experience with this laptop and its sound card?? ...Thanks again --- James Courtier-Dutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like a Sound Blaster compatible. > Try > modprobe snd-sb16 enable=1 isapnp=0 port=0x0220 mpu_port=0x330 irq=5 > dma8=1 dma16=5 > > Cheers > James > > > Tom Watson wrote: > > Ah, a new card to try... > > This time it is an Ensonic ESS-1869 that is built into an older > Compaq > > laptop (Armada 3500). When I put in the "setup" disk, it reports > that > > the sound card has the following I/O stuff: > > IRQ 5 > > DMA 1 > > DMA 5 > > ports at 0x0220 thru 0x022F (16 ports) > > ports at 0x0388 thru 0x038B (4 ports) > > ports at 0x0330 thru 0x0331 (2 ports) > > some other port range at 0x0250 thru 0x0257 (8 ports). > > > > In reading the driver I see that "port" reserves 16, "fm_port" > reserves > > 4, and "mpu_port" reserves 2. > > > > Being a "nice guy" I attempt to load the module with insmod, and > the > > file "modules.conf" has: > > ... > > alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx > > options snd-es18xx id="first" enable=1 dma1=1 dma2=5 irq=5 > port=0x220 \ > > fm_port=0x338 mpu_port=0x330 > > ... > > > > But all is not well as I get an error upon doing an insmod: > > .../es18xx.c:2256: ESS AudioDrive ES18xx soundcard not found or > device > > busy. > > > > Am I missing something simple to get this thing working?? From the > > look of things, I should have all the stuff working. I even > attempted > > to try an ISAPNP, but that didn't appear to work either. > > > > Any better ideas from the group. > > > > ...Thanks > > > > ===== ===== -- Tom Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
