Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:06:42 -0800 From: Jim Barker <jbarker@BBN.COM> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Jim Barker <jimbark@ibm.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yamaha OPL card Message-ID: <365C3921.6D8D2C1B@bbn.com> References: <199610200144.BAA00207@lunchbox.ibm.net> <365BBB68.AAFAEFA0@uk.radan.com>
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I will investigate the pcm driver that you are referring to, I appreciate the insight, thanks. If you could provide some detail's, that would be great as well, thank you. Mark Ovens wrote: > Jim Barker wrote: > > > > I have a problem with my sound card. I have a Yamaha > > OPL???. I have read several entries in the FreeBSD > > mail archives, the handbook, and the sound.doc to > > see if I could solve this problem on my own, but > > to this point I have failed in every attempt. Looking > > at the output of dmesg below tells me that it cannot > > find sbxvi0 (sb16). I am at a loss as to why and I > > have not had much success in troubleshooting the > > problem myself, so I was wondering if I could call > > upon the FreeBSD authorities to point me in the right > > direction. Below are 3 things.....1 kernel conf entries > > 2 contents of /dev/sndstat file and 3 output of dmesg. > > If there is anymore information that I can provide, I > > would be happy to do so. Any information would be > > greatly appreciated, thanks. > > > > ...also, I am able to play CD's with no problem :) > > > > ======kernel configuration entries begin====== > > controller snd0 > > device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr > > device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 > > device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 > > device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 > > ======kernel configuration entries end====== > > > > I had trouble getting my OPL3-SA2 card working properly. The solution > I found was to use the pcm driver. I'm at work now so I can't give you > specific details about where it is or _exactly_ how to implement it, > but what I remember is that you need to add a ``device'' line in the > kernel config file and re-build the kernel. Also in the config file > (or via boot -c) you must disable _all_ the SB stuff (sb0, sbxvi0, > sbmidi0, _and_ opl0). > > The pcm driver (written by Luigi Rizzo, IIRC) handles everything, it > even adds M$ Sound System support. > > The only thing I can't help you with is the joystick, coz I've not got > one. > > If you require more info, e-mail me and I'll check it out this evening > (GMT). > > HTH > > [dmesg output snipped] > > -- > Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It > was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. > > Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. > Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com -- Jim Barker UNIX/NT Administrator GTE Internetworking Suite 1200 1300 N. 17th Street Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: (703) 284-4798 Fax: (703) 284-4777 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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