hmmm, might be a good idea to set the ISA saved irq to 5 since your soundblaster is set for 5. might also be a good idea to see if you can set the card (in dos or windblows) to be certian what IRQ it is set for. do you dual boot winblows? what are the settings in windblows device mangler? On Monday 06 August 2001 21:21, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2001 02:05, Doug X wrote: > > Hello, > > Thank you for the speedy response. > > To answer your Q's: > > the scsi card is a pci. > > I had just tried the sndconfig as root this afternoon and then got the > > 24 mins of audio before I wrote for help. > > > > Bios: > > PNP NO > > Pci VGA palett snoop yes > > offboard pci ide card auto > > assign irq to pci vga card no > > pci slot 1,2,3,4 priority auto > > dma 0,1,3,5,6,7 pnp > > irq 3,4,5,7,10,11,14,15 pci/pnp > > irq 9 isa/eisa > > > > isa bus clock 7.159MHz other choices pciclk/4 or pciclk/3 > > > > harddrake said sb card has > > I/O 210 > > IRQ 5 > > DMA8 0 > > DMA16/2 0 > > OPL3I/O 388 > > > > AWE Wavetable unknown, device id is CTL0022 > > > > Thank you > > fearless1 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:41:00 -0400 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster AWE64 locks kernel > > > > > > I have the same sound card (well the "gold" version, but i think the > > difference is windows drivers bells and whissels) and i never have had a > > problem after running sndconfig, as root, from a text console, with the > > execption that I have to set a mixer vol. since the default is too low > > to hear anything. > > Are we sure there is not a DMA or IRQ problem (conflict) and (in BIOS) > > set plug and pray aware OS to "NO" or "OFF"? what slot do you have the > > card in? is the sccsi card a pci, ISA, or onboard? > > > > On Monday 06 August 2001 19:08, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > > On Monday 06 August 2001 23:35, Doug X wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > As stated, I have a CL SB AWE 64 ISAPNP, 128MB, P1 200MHz, Scsi, > > > > LGburner IDE, CD IDE, 10GB Maxtor, 2GB Fujitsu, 4MB ATI PCI. My > > > > problem is that through all versions of RH5.0 and Mandrake 6.0 - 8.0 > > > > playing sound usually mp3 or anything from the hard drive freezes > > > > the kernel hard, only a physical reset is available(no keyboard). > > > > This has always been within 30 secs until MD 8.0. Under MD 8.0 the > > > > sound was configured so that it works for about 24 mins when I just > > > > tried it today then it froze again. > > > > > > > > I don't understand how it works for so long and then freezes > > > > everything? Does anyone else have this particular problem? > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > What other sound card would be a good one to buy for guaranteed > > > > linux support and good analogue recording(ie. record from cassettes > > > > and lp's)? > > > > > > I have a SB AWE 64 PnP 32MB and don't have any problems. Have you > > > tried running sndconfig as root? > > Try this in your /etc/modules.conf file and reboot ... > # AWE64 stuff > alias sound-slot-0 sb > alias sound-slot-1 off > alias sound-service-1-0 off > alias sound-service-1-3 off > alias midi awe_wave > alias synth0 awe_wave > options sound dmabuf=1 > options opl3 io=0x388 > options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 > post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
