From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 23 06:27:04 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id GAA02784 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 06:27:04 -0700 Received: from tserv.lodgenet.com (dial27.iw.net [204.157.148.76]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA02764 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 06:25:38 -0700 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by tserv.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA01245; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:25:44 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA25495; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:24:02 -0500 Message-Id: <199508231324.IAA25495@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6 4/21/95 To: Richard Toren cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using snd ?? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:09:00 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:24:00 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I added the SB lines (I have SB16 w/ dsp) to a new kernel: > > 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 > > Did a MAKEDEV snd. > > ?1) is the only way to play a .au or .wav to cat them to one of these > devices? > You can install one of the packages/ports from /usr/ports/audio to manipulate sound files. I use auedit, and friends from the nas port. > ?2) when I "cat doctor.au > /dev/audio" I hear about a second of the cut > and then silence. The cat never terminates. > I had this problem with an 8-bit sound blaster. Turned out that the driver wasn't getting the interrupt from the card. Double check where your interrupts are. Irq 7 is typically used for the printer too. Even with your printer in polled mode, I'd probably try moving the soundblaster to another irq. > My SB is jumpered for 0x300 for MPU address (0x330 conflicts with bt0). > The probe looked like: > > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: wt0 not found at 0x300 > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: scd0 not found at 0x230 > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: npx0 on motherboard > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: npx0: INT 16 interface > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: sb0: > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: sbxvi0 at 0x0 drq 5 on isa > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: sbxvi0: > Aug 22 19:36:53 dragon /kersb: sbmidi0 not probed due to I/O address > conflict with bt0 at 0x330 > > ?3) what is wt0? There is no comment in LINT or man page. Do I need it? > Can I remove it so that I can put sbmidi at 0x300? Actually (from LINT): ... # wt: Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 tape drives ... device wt0 at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 5 drq 1 vector wtintr ... Yes, if you don't have one of these tape drives, or you don't want to use it. eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com