Date: Mon, 15 May 100 15:37:04 -0700 (PDT) From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) To: gronimw@stuy.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Soundblaster AWE64 under 4.0-STABLE Message-ID: <200005152237.PAA19661@tera.com> In-Reply-To: <20000513201756.A15910@spike.brainlink.com> from Spike Gronim at "May 13, 0 08:17:56 pm"
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According to Spike Gronim: > Hey. > > I've got a Soundblaster AWE64 PNP. I was using the Voxware drivers > under 3.4-STABLE, and it worked perfectly. Using essentially the same > drivers in essentially the same configuration on the same computer the > sound card has stopped working. Nothing can open /dev/dsp, and 'cat > /dev/sndstat' reports 'Device not configured'. I have used MAKEDEV to > create the appropriate devices. > > Dmesg snippet: > sb_reset_dsp failed > sb_reset_dsp failed > awe0 at port 0x620 on isa0 > AWE32: not detected > awe0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > > > 'uname -a': > FreeBSD spike.brainlink.com 4.0-STABLE FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0: Sun May 7 > 18:50:58 EDT 2000 root@spike.brainlink.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ZALEM4 > i386 > > The relevant parts of the kernel configuration: > device snd > device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 > device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 > device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 > device awe0 at isa? port 0x620 > device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 > > I've tried: > > 1. The above with and without 'options PNPBIOS'. > 2. Enabling only 'device pcm', with and without explicit > irq/drq/port settings. > 3. Enabling 'device pcm' and 'device sbc0' > > I'm stumped. Can anyone tell me what's causing the 'sb_reset_dsp > failed' messages and which drivers I should be using? Is Voxware > deprecated in favor of pcm? Have other people had similar problems with > these cards? I have attached my full kernel config file, and I'm not > subscribed to -questions so please cc: directly to me. Thank you. > > -- > > Are you sure that your BIOS is set up to recognize PnP devices? Mine was not and nothing was working until I reset that BIOS feature. (( Did you change anything in the BIOS menu, in other words?)) Tip: try only one change at a time. With 4.0 the driver takes care of the irq/drq settings so that all you need is: ^device pcm ^device sbc Lastly, are you sure that the /devices are configured correctly? This does work; FBSD-4.0 has the best drivers so far, I think. Setting up things like a SoundBlaster AWE64 is fairly simple... well, at least comparably! Anybody else have input here?? gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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