Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: Yamaha Opl3-Sa3 problems...

# Re: Yamaha Opl3-Sa3 problems...

Johan Andersson (zrq501j@tninet.se)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:05:01 +0200

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> > 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).

It came with the computer.
It is a rent-computer... *isch*
I am going to buy a new one...

> > 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).

I have read that files... Didnīt help.

> > 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 !:))

Ok...
I tried to hit the screen as hard as i could but it didnīt fix it...
Chainsaw you say... I will test ;-) *hehe*

> > 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.

Well, i have tested Redhat 5.0 one time, but i took it away very fast becouse it wasnīt as good as Debian was.
'sndconf' thought the soundcard was a Soundblaster 32, so it didnīt work.

// Johan

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