On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
> Jose Alberto Abreu wrote:
> >
> > Actually, it would be very helpful if you gurus could help here...
> >
> > I havent installed Linux yet (Im in the "gather all the information about your
>hardware" part), but I would like to know if somebody knew if the Yamaha OPL SAx
>soundcard is supported...
>
> Supported, but you won't be able to use the sndconfig utility to
> configure it.
>
> > On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:26:23 Adam Wright translated his thoughts to electrons:
> >
> > >I have installed Mandrake 5.3 on a system and I couldn't get the
> > >soundcard that was in it when I installed configured to work. I have
> > >installed another sound card, but now when I run sndconfig it just hangs
> > >at the point where it tries to detect any pnp cards. Could anyone give
> > >me any pointers on this? I know this card will work in Mandrake 5.3
> > >because I had it installed in another PC and configured it to a tee.
> > >Please help if possible. I know I am probably just missing something
> > >simple, but I am a newbie.
>
> Check to make sure that there isn't a /etc/isapnp.conf laying around
> from the installation attempts with the old card. If there is, you'll
> probably have to reboot to "clear out" that information (that's one of
> the few things you have to reboot for -- a new kernel being the other).
>
> After the reboot, try running sndconfig again. This _IS_ a SoundBlaster
> card, isn't it? That's about all the sndconfig utility is good for.
>
> If it's not, you'll probably have to do the sound configuration by
> hand. It's not difficult, but it's not as easy as choosing items from
> the sndconfig screen.
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I also had the same problem. I got a sb16, and the problem was because of
my dma settings. 16 bit dma request was 3, but there was no selection of
that in the sndconfig. So I did it manually, included the sound in kernel.
Now it works fine.
