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

> I have a problem with configuring a sound card. I am not using BL but
> vectorlinux3, but I get no replay on the VL forum. Vecterlunux3 is a
> SW 8 derivation and from following the discussion on this list I think
> that some of you should be able to come up with some ideas.
......

> "Sound
> The NeoMagic 256AV audio sound card driver is not amongst PCI
> Plug&Play drivers, so it's needed to use the OSS (ISA PnP) drivers,
> which need configuration by hand.
>
> With a first look it may seem enough to enable the NM256AV/NM256ZX
> audio driver, but it's not even near the truth, because there are two
> versions of the NeoMagic audio chip: AV, SoundBlaster compatible and
> ZX, AC97 compatible. This driver enables AC97 sound and it doesn't
> work for the AV chip.
>
> Then you may try the Sound Blaster OSS driver instead, and it works
> and you got sound, but it has a problem: it's for the SoundBlaster
> Pro, an 8bit card, so the sound quality is rather low, not to say
> ridiculous.

insmod soundcore
insmod soundlow  (for 2.2 kernels, not needed for 2.4)
insmod sound
insmod uart401
insmod v_midi  (maybe not needed)
insmod sb16 - with my ISA cards I also provide IO, IRQ and DMAs

Or probably modprobe sb16 would work if you have modprobe.

16-bit soundblaster

> At last, searching other similar Thinkpad user's pages, I found that
> the Yamaha OPL2-se2 and se3 is fully compatible with the NeoMagic
> 256AV chip, so all you need to do is to compile the following modules
> (¡¡as external MODULES!! not bouilt into the kernel):

If you use a Slackware kernel, you can download the matching modules.

>    <m> OSS sound modules
>       <*> Verbose initialisation
>       <*> Persistent DMA buffers
soundcore.o soundlow.o sound.o

>   <m> MPU-401 support
For playing to an external midi synthesizer.
uart401?  v_midi.o?

>   <m> PSS (AD1848, ADSP-2115, ESC614)
>       <*> Enable PSS mixer
Maybe you also need to insert (I don't know in which order)
ad1848.o

>   <m> Yamaha FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3)
>   <m> Yamaha OPL3-SA2 and SA3 based PnP cards
opl3.o (io=0x388 with ISA cards)

These two lines are for playing midis only - FM synthesis.
Used mainly in games.  Not needed.

Download all the above modules into /lib/modules/2.*/*..../sound
and then try modprobe sb16.

I hope I did not mislead you since I don't have this chip, just genuine 
SB16 ISA cards.  (Some use also awe_wave.o for midi playing).


Look in the BL archives for SB16 and sound info.


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