On 23 Feb 1999, Soulier, Frederic wrote:
> Pbm #1:
> "pnpdump >/etc/isapnp.conf"
> creates a file that contains definitions ONLY for my USR
> winmodem!?!? The AWE64 is not detected. I tried to swap the
> card around in the box but no success. Since there is only
> 2 ISA slots in my box there is only so much swap I can do :-)
>
Does your BIOS have an option called something like "PnP OS"? If so,
change it and try again...
> If pnpdump fails to generate the data I need to set up the midi section
> of the AWE64 at boot time, what can I do?
> (in fact I could built an isapnp.conf from scratch based on examples
> I have seen but how do I get the serial number and so on that pnpdump
> puts in isapnp.conf?)
There is no easy way of doing that AFAIK.
> Can I have other parameters in the conf.modules (ie another options
> line for the midi part, alias awe_wave)?
Yes, although you shouldn't need them.
> At boot time, it says that a SB card is found at 0x220 (so far so good)
The fact that it is finding is sort of suggests that it isn't PnP. This
could mean that the BIOS has tried to initialize it, possibly
> ** details about my config. **
> The "make xconfig" for sound looks like below:
> Select in "Sound":
> - "Sound card support"
> - "100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support"
> - "Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support"
> - &FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support"
> -"OSS sound modules"
> ** all as [M] (module) **
>
> Select in"Additional low level sound drivers":
> - "Additional low level sound drivers" as [y]
> - "AWE32 synth" as [M] (module).
>
> (I tried with all options compiled directly into the Kernel but it was the same
> thing, .wav files played OK and .mid did not and the same "AWE32 not found"
> msg was displayed at boot time).
>
>
> I also got the awesfx program from:
> - http://bahamut.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~iwai/awedrv/index.html#Latest
> - The sfxload program is now in /usr/bin.
> I also got the synthgm.sbk from:
> - http://members.xoom.com/yar/synthgm.sbk.gz
> - it is now in /usr
>
> My /etc/conf.modules looks like this:
> alias sound sb
> alias midi awe_wave
> post-install awe_wave /usr/bin/sfxload /usr/synthfm.sbk
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Don't think you want that, BICBW. Try removing it and see if that helps.
Y.
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