Other Help Topics :: Tool to config soundcard.



Hi!

I got an old fujitsu l440 laptop that has been working fine under redhat 7.3, but now i want to change OS into DSL. The problem is that it cant autoconfig the soundcard. Redhat couldnt do that either, but than i could just use a redhat-tool to fix it a soundconfigurator called sndconfig. I just added the same values as the one used for the good ol' Soundblaster, and then,,, music maestro!

Can i in one or another way make DSL belive that i got a soundblaster card in order to get sound? At the web i found some cryptic hints that some tweaked version of redhats app, sndconfig, has been used as somekind of help tool for knoppix when soundcard havent been identified. I cant get full info on this topic anyway.

It would be cool if someone could help me out with this one, if possible, so i can migrate into the lovely world of hd-installed DSL and leave Redhat behind me.

Take care!
Björn
Ahh!!
I just find the mentioned tool, sndconfig, when i searched knoppix 3.3.
Hope its going to work out in DSL.

Take care
Björn.

Later.....

Shit, it does NOT work out, not at all. Why not? Well that is because the sndconfig tool gets a "segmentation failure" when it run. I read about it at the knoppix forum, this is a famous bug that seem to make the whole tool useless in knoppix.

Question; Is it possible to manually add irq and dma settings (the settings used by Soundblaster do work perfectly for my ESS1879-soundcard)? Anyone knows in WHICH FILES and how, it should be done if i do a hardware install? Or is there another less painfull way?

Sigh... i begin to wonder if i ever will be able to use DSL and Knoppix/Debian on this old laptop or if i have to stick with the loathsome redhat-distro.

Take care.
Björn.
I found a solution after just one whole day of browsing. Ok lets share;

My soundblaster compatible card got happy when this was added in "modules.conf" and that might go for your card if it is SB as well, try it if you desperate:

alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias synth0 opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330

Take care
Björn
Good work
.... and thanks for posting your results.
It's probably already helped someone, but we may never know :)
Hi I'm a newbie to linux but have some programming experience. I used your configuration notes, and just changed the irq and my sound card came up without a hitch. (it took me a while to figure out that  i had to do update-modules though). Thanks.  and Nice bit of sleuthing.
Dan
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