Check ur kernel config first. Following should be available as module -- /usr/src/linux/.config:
CONFIG_SOUND=m CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB=m CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401=m CONFIG_SOUND_MSS=m CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2=m CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m Then put following in /etc/modutils/aliases alias sound opl3sa2 options opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 As I dont have RH and YM3812 card with me, I cant test it. Do let me know the outcome. iti Archan "Arun Sreelalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In regard to my sound card problem (ISA YAMAHA OPL3-SA3), > you asked me > to open up the card and find the details. What do you exactly mean? I > cant open > up the hardware chip itself, it would get damaged. From Windows, I > found the > following information about my card :- > > I/O Range - 0220 - 022F > 0530 - 0537 > 0388 - 038B > 0330 - 0331 > 0370 - 0371 > > IRQ 05 > DMA 00 > DMA 01 > > In Linux, when I run 'sndconfig', after detecting my card, it asks me > to select > one of the following combinations (dip switches) :- > > I/O PORT (0x530, 0x534, 0x604, 0xe80, 0xf40) Default > selected 0x530 > IRQ (5,7,9,10,11) Default selected 5 > DMA 1 (0,1,3) Default selected 1 > DMA 2 (0,1,3) Default selected 0 > > I selected the following combination :- > > I/O PORT 0x530 > IRQ 5 > DMA 1 0 > DMA 2 1 > > When I start my machine, after the memory test, when the slot details > are > displayed, it reports : > ISA/PnP DEVICES > > CARD NO. 1 > DEVICE NO. 3 > IRQ 11 > DMA 0,0 > NAME OPL3-SA3 Sound Board > > All the three tables seem contradictory! Which combo do I choose? > > Also regardless of whichever one I choose, when 'sndconfig' tries to > play a > sample sound, it bungs an error saying that it could not open > /dev/audio. I > found that even the root did not have r/w/x permssions to this file, > so I > changed the permissions to r/w/x for everybody. But still the same > error pops > up every time. I dont have the documentation for my card, and I cant > find it on > the Net. Please dont ask me to get rid of Red Hat and switch over to > Mandrake. Can you tell me if there is any graphical config util in RH8. > I'm a C++ programmer, but because of permission denials and other such > trifling problems as these, I cant get productive in linux, so plz > help me out. > > > > Arun Sreelalan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (linux related stuff) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (everything else) > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
