Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 15:45:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com> To: Woody Carey <carey@roguewave.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: AWE 64 Gold soundcard frustration Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990510154342.20706B-100000@unix01> In-Reply-To: <EB55BCC162CAD111BD0A00A0C9979E3201944C30@cvo1.cvo.roguewave.com>
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Just my 2cents, but I've had good luck with the OSS drivers, too. I'm using their driver with 3.1-Stable. $20 gets you "free" upgrades for several years. On Mon, 10 May 1999, Woody Carey wrote: > I had great success with the OSS driver for my SB AWE64 gold on FreeBSD > 2.2.5 > $20 was well worth it to me. www.opensound.com > > > > > Fellow travelers, > > > > I have been reading diligently all the letters about sound cards > > coming through this group and have gleaned much knowledge > > and even had success: > > > > stegosaurus# dmesg > > Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc. > > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > > reserved. > > > > FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE #0: Mon May 3 00:42:06 EDT 1999 > > james@stegosaurus:/usr/src/sys/compile/STEGOSAUR > > CPU: Cyrix 6x86 (486-class CPU) > > Origin = "CyrixInstead" DIR=0x2231 Stepping=2 Revision=2 > > real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) > > > > FreeBSD Kernel Configuration Utility - Version 1.1 > > Type "help" for help or "visual" to go to the visual > > configuration interface (requires MGA/VGA display or > > serial terminal capable of displaying ANSI graphics). > > config> pnp 1 0 os enable irq0 7 drq0 1 drq1 5 port0 0x220 port1 0x330 > > port2 0x388 > > config> pnp 1 1 os enable port0 0x208 > > config> pnp 1 2 os enable port0 0x620 port1 0xa20 port2 0xe20 > > config> pnp 1 3 os disable > > config> quit > > avail memory = 30457856 (29744K bytes) > > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > > chip0 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=1106 device=0585 subclass=0)> rev 16 > > on pci0:0:0 > > chip1 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=1106 device=0586 > > subclass=1)> rev 2 on > > pci0:7:0 > > pci0:7:1: VIA Technologies, device=0x0571, class=storage (ide) [no > > driver assigned] > > vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 48 int a irq ?? on pci0:10:0 > > Probing for PnP devices: > > CSN 1 Vendor ID: CTL009e [0x9e008c0e] Serial 0x01529d8d > > PnP: override config for CSN 1 LDN 0 vend_id 0x9e008c0e > > PnP: override config for CSN 1 LDN 1 vend_id 0x9e008c0e > > PnP: override config for CSN 1 LDN 2 vend_id 0x9e008c0e > > PnP: override config for CSN 1 LDN 3 vend_id 0x9e008c0e > > > > skipping . . > > > > sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa > > sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.16> > > sbxvi0 at 0x0 drq 5 on isa > > sbxvi0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.16> > > sbmidi0 at 0x330 on isa > > sbmidi0: <SoundBlaster MPU-401> > > opl0 at 0x388 on isa > > opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM> > > awe0 at 0x620 on isa > > > > REAL PROGRESS! > > > > > > However, from Conrad Sabatier: > > > > > Last but not least, check the output of /dev/sndstat: > > > > > $ cat /dev/sndstat > > > > > VoxWare Sound Driver:3.5-alpha15-970902 (Wed Aug 6 22:58:35 > > PDT 1997 > > Amancio Hasty@rah.star-gate.com) > > > Config options: > > > > > Installed drivers: > > > Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM > > > Type 2: SoundBlaster > > > Type 6: SoundBlaster16 > > > Type 25: AWE32 Synth > > > Type 7: SB16 MIDI > > > > > Card config: > > > SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 > > > SoundBlaster16 at 0xffffffff irq 1 drq 5 > > > SB16 MIDI at 0x330 irq 1 > > > OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 irq 1 > > > AWE32 Synth at 0x620 irq 1 > > > > > Audio devices: > > > 0: SoundBlaster 16 4.16 > > > Synth devices: > > > 0: Yamaha OPL-3 > > > 1: AWE32-0.4.2c (RAM24576k) > > > > > Midi devices: > > > 0: SoundBlaster 16 > > > > > Midi Timers: > > > 0: System clock > > > > > Mixers: > > > 0: SoundBlaster > > > 1: AWE32 Equalizer > > > > But: > > > > stegosaurus# cat /dev/sndstat > > cat: /dev/sndstat: No such file or directory > > stegosaurus# > > > > > > That's not all. > > > > On http://bahamut.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~iwai/awedrv/index.html > > updated Mar 8, 1999 > > links to FREEBSD ports are 404 > > First: > > http://multiverse.com/~rhh/awedrv/ > > Transporting you HERE: http://www.pagesz.net/~aa8vb/awedrv. If your > > browser doesn't transition for you, click on the link above. > > > > That one doesn't exist either. > > > > In attempts to compile some of the sources which are available > > for LINUX I have not been sucessful. > > > > Some executables which I have found around the web are > > either for M$ machines or ELF files or Linux or ??? > > > > Anybody get something that works, yet? > > > > I'd hate to go back to W95 to do the sound file work I've > > been doing. (The Creative software on W95 won't work with > > the E: drive anyway.) > > > > I'd appreciate any help. > > > > Thank You. > > > > > > James > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > - Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com - - Running FreeBSD? You should be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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