Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:58:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Sam Stephenson <sam@conio.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16 problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906221157280.99084-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <99062118550800.22560@thanatos.conio.net>
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Sam Stephenson wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE, and it seems that my SoundBlaster 16 doesn't
> work. It's not a Plug-and-Play card (it's one of the old ones), and works fine
> in NT4. Here's what I have in my kernel config file:
>
> controller snd0
> device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 vector sbintr
> device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5
> device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330
>
> I have no conflicts, and the device seems to be recognized at startup:
>
> sb0 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa
> snd0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.11>
> sbxvi0 at drq 5 on isa
> snd0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.11>
> sbmidi0 at 0x330 on isa
> snd0: <SoundBlaster MPU-401>
>
> When I try to play various audio files using splay, I get this error:
>
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is trying to tell you something :-)
> Other programs, like amp, simply sit without giving any error messages
> at all. Catting a file to /dev/dsp produces static, just as it
> should. I installed the port 'rsynth', a speech synthesizer, to see
> if I could get some sound; strangely, only the first part of a string
> is played:
Try letting
cat /bin/cat > /dev/audio
run to completion, or find a long .au sound and play it. If it sticks or
starts repeating itself, it's a DMA or interrupt conflict all right.
Doug White
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