Re: Yamaha Opl3-Sa3 problems...

Stefan Laudat (stefan@ns.asit.ro)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:35:25 +0300


> I am using "make menuconfig" to setup the configure file, and when i have configured it right (i think) i compile the kernel, boot with the new kernel and try to use some programs that uses sound, but it will not work anyway.
> (I get the soundchip-info from the Opensound (the version that not is free).

And even when you buy it is sucks. It's buggy, slow and non-linux-ettiqueted (costs money, of course).

> When I use opensound i can get sound, in 20 minutes for the demo version only: Not so fun.)
>

It's a PnP chip so you need to initialize it first. There are 2 ways: using the BIOS PnP extension (uglyyy)
or isapnp ( Gee, you have a /<linux source tree>/Documentation/sound/OPL3-SA2 file! What could it be? Where
do I learn about it? Well, when you compile a kernel in a tremendous way and hilight many unuseful options
don't forget there is a <Help> button waiting down there).

> Some hacker that know what I have to do or/and how to setup the kernel-config-file right to get the soundchip to work??
> (I have the same problem in FreeBSD 3.1-release, but opensound is nicer there: I have sound in 3 hours, then i have to restart the sound-program)

I guess it's not a hacking problem but a very ordinary one since all old soundcards were designed using
the M$ PnP way :(

> I have tried all the kernels from version 2.1.121, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and now the 2.3-kernels, but unfortuntly nothing will work. (Now i use 2.3.5)

Good luck in trying it with the following versions! :) make sure you don't miss one.

> My computer is a Dell Dimesion XPS D266.
> It is a 266MHz PII with 64mb ram.
> The soundchip is built in to the moderboard, so i cant get it of from the moderboard =(.

Well, this time use a chainsaw !:))

> I am using SuSE 6.0 (and freebsd 3.1-release) and have tried Debian 2.0 too, but the sound will not work...

Well, you might have better chances with redhat, it has a soundconf or something like this that <kinda>
works in some peculiar strange cases.

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Stefan Laudat Data Networks Analyst ASIT SA -------------

!07/11 PDP a ni deppart m'I !pleH

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