Re: sound problems

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have a Yamaha opl3 sound card.  I am trying to get sound out of
> Linux (BSWare 5.1).  In win95 the resources are listed as:
> 
> irq: 5
> dma 00
> dma 01
> io range: 220-22f
> io range: 530-f57
> io range: 388-38b
> io ragne: 330-331
> io range: 370-371
> 
> The line it says to put in the autoexec.bat is:
> SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
> 
> I understand A220 I5 and D1, what is T4 and what relevance does it
> have?
> 
> I don't make this stuff up.  I just report it.  Anyway, I have tried
> every combination of settings possible in sndconfig and nothing works.
>  Any ideas?

If you want to take the easy way out, upgrade to Redhat/BSware 5.2.
They really improved sound support in the latest distribution, and 
the newer kernels (2.0.36) have complete new sound drivers, the OSS 
(open sound system) lite drivers completely replaced the old kernel 
sound drivers.  Big improvement.

Or if you'd rather be a masochist, try the ALSA sound drivers.
They are better yet, but a real pain to get working the first time.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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