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>I used Creative 'diagnose' program in DOS to determine the settings for my
>AWE64 card.  I have it posted at my website
>http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/diagnose.exe

>You can run it from a DOS boot floppy disk.

I run 'diagnose' from a DOS-formatted floppy and it said OK to 8 and 16 bit
testing, but I had no sinthesised sound. (From a DOS-window in Windows 98 it
plays the first sinthesised test but not the second).
I believe my card doesn't work properly under DOS (This I'm not sure).

>I may also have used DOS ctcm to set the following settings, so they might
>differ from your card.  Try dma16=5 anyway (I think you only need to
>choose a free dma16 setting in the range 3 4 5, with dma1 in the range 0 1
>2).  In theory you should use isapnp program from Slackware to set these
>settings, with a configuration file, but it is rather complicated and I
>gave up on it eventually and just boot via DOS if I want to change
>settings, or determine the default with diagnose and use that.

>insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5

My settings are these, except for dma16 which is set to zero, but it's
making no difference.
The problem is that  I can't open /dev/dsp - whatever I try to do.
Under Knoppix the settings are the same, but mp3 is sent to /dev/null.
There I can listen to CD, mp3 and MIDI as well, but not under BL3.

>The next part is only for playing midi files:

>insmod awe_wave io=0x620 (the io part is probably optional)

>awe_wave is not needed if you don't use the awe feature for playing midi
>files, but opl3, in which case

>insmod opl3 io=0x388

>I think mp3 players use dma16 and wav players do not need it.

>Can you play wav (slackware sox package, play) or midi (playmidi) files?
>I think I posted a libc5 playmidi package.  You need to specify with -4 to
>use opl3, or with -e external midi, or -a use awe.

>Try also workbone on a music cd, after linking hdc or whatever your CD-ROM
>drive is to /dev/cdrom:  ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom

>There is a uclibc mplayer package that will play wav or mp3 files (with
>the correct dma16).

>I posted a lot about sound in the archives a few years ago.  Search via
>the BL3 website, support, archives 'awe64'.
>v_midi may be needed for external midi (electronic keyboard)
>You can play streaming mp3's with mpg123 and a script.
>Sindi

I had a look into the BL3 archives and really there's a good amount of
valuable tips,
but I couldn't find a word of solution.
Many users complain about the impossibility of opening /dev/dsp.
I still can't listen to andio CDs.

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