On Aug 18, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > i am experiencing strange behavior when attempting to load sound > > > support as a module. i have a debian 1.3.1 system and a SB > > > AWE-64 PNP card, which i have installed using the isapnptools. > > > the fact > > > > I have a SB AWE-32 PNP (does someone know: how I get my bios to set > > up pnp properly? I have a PNP Bios, I think, but I need > > isapnptools. Why? I didn't changed anything in my bios setup.) > > I assume the BIOS setups only the sb part of the sound card. The > initilisation of the MIDI sythesizer is left to the DOS drivers > (ctpnp, diagnose, aweutil) or to ISAPNP.
Ah, this describes exactly the behaviour I noticed. What a stupid BIOS (good that debian does not use it). > > However, one thing I saw: I use kernel 2.0.29, you 2.0.30. Could > > this be the reason? > > No, I have 2.0.30 with the awedrv 0.3.99c installed and everything > (including MIDI) workes fine. Phils search is going on then, I think. > > At the moment, I'm puzzled. If you have more info, please mail, I'm > > interested. > > Check if something like NAS (network audio system) is started. This > is a demon that blocks /dev/dsp (and all the other) and gives network > wide access to your soundcard. Just check if there is a > /etc/init.d/nas file, if so try > > /etc/init.d/nas stop > > and try access /dev/audio after this. BTW: Do NAS and rplay live? I think the versions of sunsite are very old (last time I checked). > "What a depressingly stupid machine" > The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Nope. This is what I said when "rm -fR /" ate my hard disk :-) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
