On Monday 14 Jan 2002 23:32, George Mitchell wrote:
> The midi synth OPL3 is definately where you are going to have the most
> problems. Mandrake is in a lot of flux right now with the 2.4 kernel
> and DevFS and such, all of which are affecting this device stuff. I
> keep on hoping that something will click and suddenly things will just
> start to work. The important things to note are that sndconfig formats
> modprobe for the 2.2 kernel - there is no hope with it. The new
> modprobe format does not support options:
This is not true. Here is a snip from my modules.conf
alias sound-slot-0 es1371
options es1371 joystick=1
alias char-major-13 input
above input joydev analog
options analog js=0xff # 3-axis 4-button
...without the options I have no joystick
>
> modprobe cs4232
> modprobe opl3
> modprobe mpu-401
>
> etc. is all that should be required. All the details should be handled
> automatically.
>
> -George
>
> Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote:
> >thanks I will give that a try.
> >
> >When running the midi configuration it shows
> >
> >The following error occurred running the modprobe program: ?
> > ?
> > ? ? /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz:
> > ? ? init_module: No such device
> > ? ? /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz: insmod
> > ? ? /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz failed
> > ? ? /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/opl3.o.gz: insmod
> > ? ? synth0 failed
> >
> >Also i'm confused that there is no dsp nore any mixer device under
> >/dev/sound. Something is really broken here :)
> >
> >[mat@teche sound]$ ls -la
> >total 0
> >drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 14 10:04 ./
> >drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 ../
> >crw------- 1 mat audio 14, 4 Jan 14 08:59 audio
> >crw------- 1 mat audio 14, 5 Jan 14 08:59 dspW
> >crw------- 1 mat audio 14, 1 Jan 14 08:59 sequencer
> >crw------- 1 mat audio 14, 8 Jan 14 08:59 sequencer2
> >
> >/MattB
> >
> >On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 16:51, George Mitchell wrote:
> >>Matt,
> >>
> >>My experience is that harddrake is hosed up and will not configure
> >> this popular chipset. The problem with sndconfig is that it hasn't
> >> been updated to work with the 2.4 kernel. So here's the scoop. Try
> >> editing /etc/modules.conf with a plain old text editor like kedit.
> >> Add the following line:
> >>
> >>alias sound-slot-0 cs4232
> >>
> >>Then reboot. This should enable your sound chip. The line for the
> >> OPL3 is:
> >>
> >>alias midi opl3
> >>
> >>But so far I have not been able to get midi to work. I'm convinced
> >>there is a kernel problem with OPL3.
> >>
> >>I have'nt tried mpu-401 external midi. Adding:
> >>
> >>mpu-401
> >>
> >>to /etc/modules with the text editor should get that started.
> >>
> >>The 2.4 kernel makes things easy, no more dealing with IRQs and I/Os
> >> and such. But there are still kernel bugs and config tool problems.
> >>
> >>Someone will likely suggest using ALSA rather than OSS with something
> >>like 'alias sound-slot-0 sound-card-cs4232' and 'alias midi
> >> sound-opl3'. That's fine. But don't expect OPL3 to work. My
> >> experience has been that It is hosed up under alsa also.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>George Mitchell
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote:
> >>>A Crystal 4235 ISA souncard is installed in this computer
> >>>and it will not work under Mandrake for nothing.
> >>>
> >>>Harddrake detects the following:
> >>>
> >>>Soundcards
> >>> Crystal PnP Audio System CODEC
> >>> Crystal PnP Audio System MPU-401
> >>>
> >>>also it finds this
> >>>
> >>>Other Devices
> >>> Crystal PnP Audio System Control Register
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>My pnpdump shows the following
> >>>
> >>># $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.27 2001/04/30 21:54:53 fox Exp $
> >>># Release isapnptools-1.26
> >>>#
> >>># This is free software, see the sources for details.
> >>># This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
> >>>#
> >>># For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
> >>>#
> >>># For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see:
> >>># http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
> >>>#
> >>># Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DHAVE_PROC -DENABLE_PCI
> >>> -DHAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER -DHAVE_NANOSLEEP -DWANT_TO_VALIDATE #
> >>># Trying port address 0273
> >>># Board 1 has serial identifier a9 ff ff ff ff 36 42 63 0e
> >>>
> >>># (DEBUG)
> >>>(READPORT 0x0273)
> >>>(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
> >>>(IDENTIFY *)
> >>>(VERBOSITY 2)
> >>>(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
> >>>
> >>># Card 1: (serial identifier a9 ff ff ff ff 36 42 63 0e)
> >>># Vendor Id CSC4236, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0xA9.
> >>># Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.5
> >>># ANSI string -->Crystal Codec<--
> >>>#
> >>># Logical device id CSC0000
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f
> >>>#
> >>># Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration
> >>> required. # Note that only the first value of any range is given,
> >>> this may be changed if required # Don't forget to uncomment the
> >>> activate (ACT Y) when happy
> >>>
> >>>(CONFIGURE CSC4236/-1 (LD 0
> >>># ANSI string -->WSS/SB<--
> >>>
> >>># Multiple choice time, choose one only !
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> >>># First DMA channel 1.
> >>># 8 bit DMA only
> >>># Logical device is a bus master
> >>># DMA may execute in count by byte mode
> >>># DMA may not execute in count by word mode
> >>># DMA channel speed type A
> >>># (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
> >>># Next DMA channel 0 or 3.
> >>># 8 bit DMA only
> >>># Logical device is a bus master
> >>># DMA may execute in count by byte mode
> >>># DMA may not execute in count by word mode
> >>># DMA channel speed type A
> >>># (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0))
> >>># IRQ 5.
> >>># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> >>># (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0534
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0534
> >>># IO base alignment 4 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 4
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0534))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0388
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0388
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 4
> >>># (IO 1 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0220
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0220
> >>># IO base alignment 32 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 16
> >>># (IO 2 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
> >>># First DMA channel 1 or 3.
> >>># 8 bit DMA only
> >>># Logical device is a bus master
> >>># DMA may execute in count by byte mode
> >>># DMA may not execute in count by word mode
> >>># DMA channel speed type A
> >>># (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
> >>># Next DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
> >>># 8 bit DMA only
> >>># Logical device is not a bus master
> >>># DMA may execute in count by byte mode
> >>># DMA may not execute in count by word mode
> >>># DMA channel speed type A
> >>># (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0))
> >>># IRQ 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 or 15.
> >>># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> >>># (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0534
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0ffc
> >>># IO base alignment 4 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 4
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0534))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0388
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0388
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 4
> >>># (IO 1 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0220
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0260
> >>># IO base alignment 32 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 16
> >>># (IO 2 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority functional
> >>># First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
> >>># 8 bit DMA only
> >>># Logical device is a bus master
> >>># DMA may execute in count by byte mode
> >>># DMA may not execute in count by word mode
> >>># DMA channel speed type A
> >>># (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
> >>># IRQ 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 or 15.
> >>># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> >>># (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0534
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0ffc
> >>># IO base alignment 4 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 4
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0534))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0388
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x03f8
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 4
> >>># (IO 1 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0220
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0300
> >>># IO base alignment 32 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 16
> >>># (IO 2 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
> >>>
> >>># End dependent functions
> >>>(NAME "CSC4236/-1[0]{WSS/SB }")
> >>># (ACT Y)
> >>>))
> >>>#
> >>># Logical device id CSC0001
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x39
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3d
> >>>#
> >>># Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration
> >>> required. # Note that only the first value of any range is given,
> >>> this may be changed if required # Don't forget to uncomment the
> >>> activate (ACT Y) when happy
> >>>
> >>>(CONFIGURE CSC4236/-1 (LD 1
> >>># ANSI string -->GAME<--
> >>>
> >>># Multiple choice time, choose one only !
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0200
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0200
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 8
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0200))
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0208
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0208
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 8
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0208))
> >>>
> >>># End dependent functions
> >>>(NAME "CSC4236/-1[1]{GAME }")
> >>># (ACT Y)
> >>>))
> >>>#
> >>># Logical device id CSC0010
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f
> >>>#
> >>># Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration
> >>> required. # Note that only the first value of any range is given,
> >>> this may be changed if required # Don't forget to uncomment the
> >>> activate (ACT Y) when happy
> >>>
> >>>(CONFIGURE CSC4236/-1 (LD 2
> >>># ANSI string -->CTRL<--
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0120
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0ff8
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 8
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0120))
> >>>(NAME "CSC4236/-1[2]{CTRL }")
> >>># (ACT Y)
> >>>))
> >>>#
> >>># Logical device id CSC0003
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
> >>># Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3f
> >>>#
> >>># Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration
> >>> required. # Note that only the first value of any range is given,
> >>> this may be changed if required # Don't forget to uncomment the
> >>> activate (ACT Y) when happy
> >>>
> >>>(CONFIGURE CSC4236/-1 (LD 3
> >>># ANSI string -->MPU<--
> >>>
> >>># Multiple choice time, choose one only !
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> >>># IRQ 9.
> >>># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> >>># (INT 0 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E)))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0330
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0330
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 2
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
> >>># IRQ 9, 11, 12 or 15.
> >>># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> >>># (INT 0 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E)))
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0330
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x0360
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 2
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
> >>>
> >>># Start dependent functions: priority functional
> >>># Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> >>># Minimum IO base address 0x0330
> >>># Maximum IO base address 0x03e0
> >>># IO base alignment 8 bytes
> >>># Number of IO addresses required: 2
> >>># (IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
> >>>
> >>># End dependent functions
> >>>(NAME "CSC4236/-1[3]{MPU }")
> >>># (ACT Y)
> >>>))
> >>># End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
> >>>
> >>># Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
> >>>(WAITFORKEY)
> >>>
> >>>And my modules.conf shows
> >>>
> >>>pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia
> >>> start probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> >>>alias eth0 8139too
> >>>alias sound-slot-2 ad1848
> >>>
> >>>sndconfig complains about missing /dev/audio (passes after manually
> >>> linking to sound/audio), a the soundtest with Linus turns out very
> >>> quiet. Then it complains about missing opl3 files etc. You get my
> >>> point.
> >>>
> >>>Any help would be appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>/MattB
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Registered Linux User 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ).
Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586
Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, patch level 21mdk.
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