Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:22:50 -0700 From: Woody Carey <carey@roguewave.com> To: "'James Kalmadge'" <kalmadg@banet.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: AWE 64 Gold soundcard frustration Message-ID: <EB55BCC162CAD111BD0A00A0C9979E3201944C30@cvo1.cvo.roguewave.com>
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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
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