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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 27 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> Woops, skipped the last half if your message.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > It will take me while to figure out the isapnp and opl3, but I much
> > prefer the sound of awe32 to FM synthesis so I would rather work on
> > that and if opl3 is not needed, what else is needed?  With -f I get
> > a 'no playback device found' but without -f (default awe32) I don't
> > get that message.
>
> According to AWE32, you will need to set up the isapnp.conf file
> manually with the AWE32 card, too. I can't help you with this one,
> unfortunately, so you're going to have to be lucky enough to
> figure out how it's done, or get a new kernel with in-kernel ISA
> PnP support. You need to insert the awe_wave module after everything
> else, and you need to use the sfxload utitlity (from the AWE32 tools
> package) to load the soundbank file. Sounds very complicated to me.
>
> David

Does this mean I do NOT need to insmod opl, just awe_wave?  Do I really 
need isapnp or do I just need to figure out the correct settings for the 
insmod awe_wave file, from what worked for other people.

I was able to insmod awe_wave without any settings, and with no error 
messages, but then it still did not play midi files.  I will read up on 
this some more and get the awe32tools package.  Thanks for all the 
pointers.

I read that you need to configure the Opti cards with isapnp tools but I 
got one working without isapnp so I am hoping I can avoid it.

I will look at the awe32tools package.  You are right, this is 
complicated.

In DOS I have several midi players, at least two of which utilize the AWE 
feature, so that is another option.  I set up lynx.cfg to play midis.

I just acquired a PCI soundblaster Live card.  If this is awe32, would it 
be easier to set up?  PCI cards don't seem to require specifying io etc.