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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help me install my SoundBlaster Card !!!!
Date: 31 May 1996 23:31:22 +0100
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Jamie Bowden (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote:
: On 26 May 1996, G|ran Hasse wrote:

: > controller      snd0
: > device          sb0     at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr
: > device          sbxvi0  at isa? drq 6
: > device          sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x300
: > device          opl0    at isa? port 0x388
: > options "SB16_DMA=6"

: I would move the card off irq 7, onto 5.  last time I hadda soundcard on 
: 7, lpd and the sound apps would fight for the interrupt, and who won was 
: kinda random.

It's a while since I've had a sound card in my FreeBSD box, but I found
you had to "option" everything.  You're missing

options "SB16MIDI_BASE=0x300"

from the looks of it !

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....