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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!andrewg From: andrewg@netcom.com (Andrew Ghali) Subject: [FreeeBSD-1.1.5R] SoundBlaster 16 Help! Message-ID: <andrewgCx0Gqv.Dqq@netcom.com> Summary: SB 16 drivers Keywords: soundblaster 16, audio Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 20:25:43 GMT Lines: 109 Hi everyone. About a month ago I bought a SB Pro (8 bit) card, and after a day or two of muddling around, I sucessfully compiled a kernel with the SB drivers and a few audio applications (tracker seemed to be the only one that worked right). But it sounded GREAT (I ran it through my living room stereo) and I couldn't get enough of it. Color me greedy but I thought to myself "Hmm, if 8 bits sounds this good, just think how good 16 bits will sound!" So I walked myself back to NCA, and for another $4, I traded in my SB Pro for a SB 16 (prices in this industry are crazy). Now after several weeks of wrangling with the kernel configuration, it successfully compiles (I had a problem with an unresolved reference to "Vsnd7()" so I dropped the MIDI support) and all the devices are found. The problem is now that when I run tracker, it seems to start but it goes nowhere: [andrewg]-> tracker /usr/local/audio/music/mod/CreamoftheEarth.mod CreamoftheEarth.mod... Cream of the Earth 0/ 27 And then I have to ^C or ^Z out of it. I am at the end of my ability to figure this out! Help please! Below is more relevant information: my configuration, the boot output, and the output from /dev/sndstat. Thanks! Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The relevant part of my configuration file ... ##Sound card support from /sys/i386/doc/sound.doc options "EXCLUDE_MPU401" # NO MPU401 support options EXCLUDE_GUS # NO GUS support options EXCLUDE_GUS_IODETECT # NO GUS io detection #options EXCLUDE_SB # NO SB support options EXCLUDE_SB_EMULATION # NO PAS SB emulation support #options EXCLUDE_SBPRO # NO SB Pro support #options "EXCLUDE_SB16" # NO SB 16 support options "EXCLUDE_YM3812" # NO AdLib support options "EXCLUDE_OPL3" # NO OPL3 chip support options EXCLUDE_PAS # NO Pro Audio Studio support options EXCLUDE_PRO_MIDI # NO PAS MIDI support options EXCLUDE_CHIP_MIDI # NO MIDI chip support options EXCLUDE_MIDI # NO MIDI support whatsoever # This line below is used to disable IO conflict checking during probe options DONT_CHECK # Disable boot up check for # conflicting devices #device snd5 at isa? port 0x330 irq 6 vector mpuintr #device snd4 at isa? port 0x220 irq 15 drq 6 vector gusintr #device snd3 at isa? port 0x388 irq 10 drq 6 vector pasintr #device snd2 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 vector sbintr device snd2 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 vector sbintr #device snd6 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 5 vector sbintr device snd6 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 5 vector sbintr #device snd7 at isa? port 0x300 #device snd7 at isa? port 0x330 irq 5 device snd1 at isa? port 0x388 ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The output during boot: ... snd2 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa snd2: <SoundBlaster Pro 4.12> MIDI: Successfully attached ProAudioSpectrum MV101 snd6 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 5 on isa snd6: <SoundBlaster 16 4.12> snd 1 at 0x388 on isa snd1: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM> ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The output from the soundboard debugging device: [andrewg]-> cat /dev/sndstat Sound Driver:2.5 (Sat Apr 23 07:45:17 MSD 1994 ache@dream.demos.su.) Config options: ffffffff HW config: Type 5: Roland MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 6 drq 0 Type 3: ProAudioSpectrum at 0x388 irq 5 drq 3 Type 2: SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 Type 6: SoundBlaster16 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 5 Type 7: SB16 MPU-401 at 0x300 irq 7 drq 0 Type 4: Gravis Ultrasound at 0x220 irq 15 drq 6 Type 1: AdLib at 0x388 irq 65535 drq 4294967295 PCM devices: 0: SoundBlaster 16 4.12 Synth devices: 0: Yamaha OPL-3 Midi devices: Mixer(s) installed [andrewg]-> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------