(revised with a forgotten step) Hi
It was a terrible pain for me to get this card working with my potato system, so I for the benefit of any future souls clever enough to search the archives for help, here is (my understanding of) how it worked: - Compile a new kernel with OSS native sound support. It does not matter if you compile it with the specific support for the Ensoniq 1370/1371 or not. For a Debian system, I got the kernel source 2.2.12 package and did # cd /src/linux # zcat kernel-source-2.2.12.tar.gz | tar xf - # ln -s kernel-source-2.2.12 linux # cd linux # make menuconfig { Set lots of kernel choices, a tedious process. Do not forget to include sound!} # make-kpkg clean # make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image { This "3:" business is an 'epoch number' that will later turn out to be incompatible with ALSA, but I want it for kernel installations } # make-kpkg clean # make-kpkg --revision=foralsa.1.0 modules_image { We will not end up installing this one, but ALSA will want a build with this name } - Compile the ALSA modules # cd /src/linux # make-kpkg --revision=foralsa.1.0 modules_image { We cannot use the epoch scheme, so we do a different revision} - Install the new kernel and modules # cd /usr/src # dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.whatever_custom.1.0_i386.deb # dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.2.whatever_0.4.1b-1+foralsa.1.0_i386.deb - Let ALSA configure itself # alsaconfig {One mistake to avoid: I was not sure if I needed ens1370 or ens1371 -- even though it autodetected ens1370 I actually thought the latter was what I wanted. So I chose both. Big problems.} - Reboot (we're not finished yet) # reboot - Get the driver going # modprobe snd-card-ens1370 # amixer set "Master" unmute # amixer set "Master" 100% # amixer set "CD" unmute # amixer set "CD" 100% # amixer set "PCM" unmute # amixer set "PCM" 100% - Try playing a CD and some sounds. You'll probably want to play with those volumes a little. Things I am still trying to figure out: - Why do I get constant hissing whenever the volume is at an audible setting or above? - Is it better to have the Master volume at high settings and the others low, or vice versa? - Will I need to do anything for the Joystick port? Yours, Brian