On Tuesday August 08, 2000, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
> Well, perhaps not completely of topic ;-)
> I have a OPL3 soundcard installed on my 586 under DOS and it works fine.
> Getting acquainted with Linux (Red Hat) I had version 5,2 but after
> I have screwed it up several times and reinstalling it regularly ;-) I
> I got the newer version 6.2.
> Under version 5.2 my soundcard was installed. The installation did not give
> me any trouble. Different with version 6.2. There the card is recognized but
> the default does not work. I have tried every other possibility but to no
> avail.
> Looking at my DOS setup I got lots of info which I want to translate to the
> possibilities from Linux.
> Here is what I get from my DOS setup (no idea what it means):
>
> WSS base 0x530 IRQ5 PDRQ:0 CDRQ:1
> SB base 0x220 IRQ5 DMA 1
> MPU base 0x330 IRQ5
> ADLIB base 0x388 CTRL base 0x370
>
>
> Anybody can tell me what combination should work and why it works in good
> old DOS and not in Linux?
The problem is likely that the kernel isn't looking for the
right card in the right place. I've no experience with
Redhat, so I can't offer any distribution-specific
solutions. The generic cure would be to recompile the
kernel, which isn't as daunting as you might think, and
once done will result in a leaner, more finely tuned system
all around.
Good luck,
R.
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