Hello, I'm using slack 8.0 on a pII 350 with a sound blaster awe64, sound works fine for playback, but the mic doesn't work. I go to the sound mixer thingy and turn it up all the way and nada... it works fine in winME. I use the sb module and have it set in my /etc/rc.d/rc.modules as:

/sbin/modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5

I'm using kernel 2.4.5

Anybody know what I can do to get it to run?

Thanks in advance,

Ontrose

When I installed slack my mic worked and line in worked, but no other sound worked.

I rebuilt the kernel

used mpu401, sound blaster, and awe32synth

it won't let me select those in xconfig... i have sound support on 'y'.... am i overlooking something else or do they just need to be on module.... and do i just add all 3 modules in my /etc/rc.d/rc.modules ?

thanks

you must select oss first

do i still need my modprobe line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules:

/sbin/modprobe sb blah blah blah

??

if you build it into the kernel with the y option then the module.conf options will not work.

It may not need options if you use support for plug and play,but if it does you will pass them to the kernel in lilo.conf

just add it into your existing append command or create a new one
it is in this format

sb=<i/o>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16> mpu=<i/o>,<irq>

append= "sb=220,9,1,5 mpu=330,9 hdc=ide-scsi"

well, i recompiled with those options and took commented out the modprobe lines and rebooted to have no sound.... so i uncommented it and rebooted it and the sound came back, but i still don't have a mic... does that mean i need to add the irq and dma,etc. to lilo.conf and if so, what's the syntax for that?

here's the current modprobe line:

thanks in advance

Ontrose

is you awe 64 isa?
if so it seem linux has problems with isa-pnp devices
the is some help out there but I had one an removed it for a pci 16 (great sounding now)

yeah, its an isa... i just don't get why everything works except for the microphone... i'm thinking about upgrading my ol' box soon (its a aging pII 350 <--been a good box for about 3 years now, can't complain) maybe i'll include a new soundcard then.

Ontrose

try lsmod

it should not show any modules loaded for sound if the kernel is supporting it.

Mine is ISA

Everything works

this is what I have for
lilo.conf
append= "sb=220,9,1,5 mpu401=330,9"
if you already have an append line then add to it. My complete append line is this

append= "sb=220,9,1,5 mpu401=330,9 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"

It works without it but some loki games did not have sound.


plug and play may need to be enabled in bios.

I would try this append line, and if you don,t have sound try irq 5.

Better yet you can do cat /proc/interrupts with the modules loaded and see what it is on.


You should not need to buy another card it works great.

I just checked my card again.

It is not using the append line but is using plug and play instead.

the dmesg output looks like this...


Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 sb: Creative SB AWE64 Gold detected
sb: ISAPnP reports 'Creative SB AWE64 Gold' at i/o 0x220, irq 5, dma 1, 5
<Sound Blaster 16 (4.16)> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5
<Sound Blaster 16> at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0,0
sb: 1 Soundblaster PnP card(s) found.
ISAPnP reports AWE64 Gold WaveTable at i/o 0x620
<SoundBlaster EMU8000 (RAM4096k)>
es1371: version v0.30 time 11:52:07 Jan 2 2002


I seem to have lost my joystick after setting up plug and play, Guess I will have to figure something out on it.

here is it's info from dmesg

gameport0: NS558 PnP at 0x200 size 8 speed 677 kHz
input0: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro [AC on] on gameport0.0 [3-bit id 14 data 16]


The only thing I tried it in was descent3.

maybe it will work somewhere else.

well i recompiled again, guess i goofed something last time and now the mic works and its incorporated into the kernel as it should be... only problem... mic only works when i put my mouth on the mic and scream

lol... oh well... back to the drawing board

It's starting to sound like the mixer settings. My mic is down low on bootup and turning up Mix brings it up

I found out the joystick fix.


I already had the right kernel settings

you need input core joystick support and select the classic ISA / PNP gameports and your joystick.


the problem I had was not having enabled support for /dev filesystem.

the work around is this...

if you have more sticks repeat for as many as you need.. this was more than enough for all three on the sidewinder. Or 2.5 I guess.


rm /dev/js0
rm /dev/js1
rm /dev/js2
rm /dev/js3

rm /dev/input/js0
rm /dev/input/js1
rm /dev/input/js2
rm /dev/input/js3

mknod /dev/input/js0 c 13 0
mknod /dev/input/js1 c 13 1
mknod /dev/input/js2 c 13 2
mknod /dev/input/js3 c 13 3

ln -s /dev/input/js0 js0
ln -s /dev/input/js1 js1
ln -s /dev/input/js2 js2
ln -s /dev/input/js3 js3


or just enable support for /dev filesystems should work.