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

I found an awesfx package for Slackware 10.0 at linuxpackages.
I found source code for awesfx utils at a link from 
http://members.tripod.de/iwai/awedrv-faq.html

The source code is .tar.bz2 and my download is corrupt.  The author says 
he has switched to .tar.gz because .bz2 downloads have a download problem. 
I can't find a .tar.gz source code package at that site.

So you are not the only one with a .bz2 package that gets corrupted on 
download.

The site also has a lot of sound banks, some of which work with SB Live 
(which I now have).

I was able to fix the IRQs on this computer so that standard SB16 settings 
work by:
1.  hwinfo - IRQs - 5 is taken by USB controller
2.  CMOS - disable USB
3.  Run SB16 diagnose - now all the standard settings work.   MPU 330 
instead of 330, IRQ 5 instead of 7, DMA 1 and 5 instead of 3 and 5.

Apparently the mystery hogger of DMA 0 and 1, and of IRQ 5, is USB.
4.  The card also works in linux with these settings.
5.  Reenable USB - sound still works with standard settings.

I tried this on a second computer of the same age (Tyan) and as soon 
as I reenabled USB in CMOS, sound could no longer use IRQ 5, so we left 
USB disabled and will enable it as needed (for camera downloads?).
Would a PCI sound card work here?  I noticed that as soon as I freed up an 
IRQ (by disabling LPT1) the video card grabbed it, so perhaps PCI cards 
just use whatever is available.


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