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Date:      Wed, 27 May 1998 13:53:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        drifter@stratos.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2-in-1 sound card causes upgrade problems.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980527135018.2179H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980526223145.A21627@stratos.net>

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On Tue, 26 May 1998 drifter@stratos.net wrote:

>     I have a strange problem here, and I was wondering if any of you
> guys could help out. Basically, for over a year I have been using the
> sound card supplied by my OEM vendor (NEC Ready 9701, for what it's
> worth).
>     Windows 95 listed it as an Aztech Sound III (or something to that
> effect), and it includes a sound blaster Pro compatible device, as
> well as a MPU MIDI look-a-like.

The classic Packard Hell accessory.  

>     Under FreeBSD, on the other hand, I can't.  I tried the old fashioned
> way (without Luigi's PnP code), but it only would recognize my old
> sound card.  I even tried the boot-under-windows-let-PnP-configure-cards-
> then-reboot-under-FreeBSD-method, but it still wouldn't recognize the
> card (Just the Aztechs).
>     I then tried with:
> 
> 	options pnp0

er, that was `controller pnp0'.

> Probing for PnP devices:
> CSN 1 Vendor ID: AZT3000 [0x00305407] Serial 0xffffffff

Hm, found this, but no driver claimed it.  It may take some hacking for
the driver(s) to figure out how to attach this thing.  I assume one of the
LDN (logical device numbers) is the modem and the other is the soundcard.

> CSN 2 Vendor ID: CTL00f0 [0xf0008c0e] Serial 0xffffffff
> This is a SB16 PnP, but LDN 0 is disabled

Make sure you have `PnP OS' set to NO in the BIOS setup.

> long as it works.  Also, it needs to be able to recognize the modem
> on COM1: (or /dev/cuaa0).
>     Will I just have to splurge for a new external modem on COM2?

I would suggest this over the Aztech.  reports are that the onboard modem
suffers from some serious noise problems.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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