Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:14:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <digital@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: drifter@stratos.net Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SB16 doesn't work with either Voxware or PnP... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980620180945.10866A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199806202304.TAA00269@stratos.net>
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Have you tried:
cat audio.au > /dev/audio2
When it says pcm2, then all your sound devices should end with a 2.
You may have to do a soft link for each sound device.
For example,
ln -s /dev/audio2 /dev/audio
This way, those programs which use the default /dev/audio will work
On Sat, 20 Jun 1998 drifter@stratos.net wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> This is my absolute last attempt to get a decent sound
> card up and working on my FBSD 2.2.6.
>
> I have a Sound Blaster 16 -- not an immitation but the real
> McCoy -- and I'm trying to get this thing to work under FreeBSD.
> Previously, I wrote about having an Aztech 8-bit soundcard
> AND the sb16 installed together because I needed the Aztech for its
> on-board modem. I have since upgraded to a 56K external and have
> finally ripped the Amazin' 2-in-one sound card/Modem out.
> Now, with only the SB16 installed, my kernel has trouble
> recognizing the whole thing. It works (apparently -- though I can't
> absolutely confirm it is working in 16bit mode) in Windows 95.
> Here is what the Sound Device Resources Tab says:
>
> |---------|
> |Resources|
> |---------|---------------------------------|
> | |
> | IRQ 05 |
> | Direct Memory Access 01 |
> | Direct Memory Access 03 |
> | I/O Range 0220-022F |
> | I/O Range 0330-0331 |
> | I/O Range 0388-038B |
> | |
> | [Check Marked] Use Automatic Settings |
> | Conflicting Device List: |
> | No conflicts |
> | |
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> (Other settings include "Allow full duplex operation" and
> "Don't use creative 3D stereo enhancement." The Hardware version in
> the "General" tab is listed as 1.0.10)
>
> So, after warm-booting to FreeBSD, running a non-pnp kernel with
> VoxWare, (booting the config menu with -c and into visual) I get:
>
> Listed devices in Multimedia:
>
> Device Driver IRQ DRQ Port Flags
> ------ ------ --- --- ---- -----
> SB PCM sb0 5 1 0x220 <none listed>
> SB 16 sbxvi0 - - - <none listed>
> SB Midi sbmidi0 - 3 0x330 <none listed>
> OPL-2/3 opl0 - - 0x388 <none listed>
>
> The relevant parts of the probe:
>
>
> FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Fri May 8 19:33:20 EDT 1998
> root@stratos.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZZTOP
> CPU: Pentium (149.69-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x52c Stepping=12
> Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
> real memory = 50331648 (49152K bytes)
> avail memory = 47026176 (45924K bytes)
> ...
> Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
>
> sb0 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa
> sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.16>
> SB16 Error: Invalid DMA channel 1/-1
> sbxvi0 not found
> sbmidi0 at 0x330 drq 3 on isa
> <SoundBlaster MPU-401>
> opl0 at 0x388 on isa
> opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM>
> changing root device to st0s1a
>
> Then, I rebooted with -c in CLI mode. (For some reason,
> visual mode won't let me change a DRQ either FROM or TO 0) I unset
> the sbmidi0 DRQ to -1 and set the sbxvi0 DRQ to 3. I issued a
> "list" command to confirm the change, but when I booted into it
> the SB16 still showed the same error above (Invalid DMA channel 1/-1)
> and sbxvi0 was still not found.
>
> Logged in as root, I tried:
>
> # cat audio.au > /dev/audio
> PCM device 0 not installed
> bash: /dev/audio0: Device not configured
> (/dev/audio is linked to /dev/audio0, which is supposed to be
> the proper device. I tried ./MAKEDEV snd{1,2,3} and relinking,
> but those didn't work either)
> # playmidi midi.mid
> < Music plays fine >
>
> I then tried to run Luigi's pcm driver under pnp...
>
>
> Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> The Regents of the University of California. All
> rights reserved.
> FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Mon Apr 27 02:29:18 EDT 1998
> root@stratos.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZZTOPS
> CPU: Pentium (149.69-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x52c Stepping=12
> Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
> real memory = 50331648 (49152K bytes)
> avail memory = 47087616 (45984K bytes)
>
> Probing for PnP devices:
> CSN 1 Vendor ID: CTL00f0 [0xf0008c0e] Serial 0xffffffff
> pcm2 (SB16pnp <SB16 PnP> sn 0xffffffff) at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1
> flags 0x13 id 0
> CSN 2 Vendor ID: ADP1520 [0x20159004] Serial 0x529d3368
> Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
> ...
> pcm1 not found at 0xffffffff
> ...
>
> I have no idea what CSN2 is, nor pcm1.
> In any case:
>
> # playmidi midi.mid
> open /dev/sequencer: Device not configured
> ( I tried relinking /dev/sequencer to /dev/sequencer{1,2,3},
> since the pcm's were being assigned numbers higher than 0,
> but none of them worked.)
> # cat audio.au > /dev/audio1
\
> < SOUND! >
> [Unfortunately...]
> WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
> WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
> WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
> WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
>
> I'm sorry about this long post, but what is going on here?
>
> I've been at this for a while, and I have run out of ideas. Just
> to reemphasize, this is not a SoundBlaster Wannabe or near-Compatable.
> This is the Real Deal, but doesn't seem to want to play ball.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Rob
>
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