suffolkchess@clara.co.uk wrote:
Being quite new to Linux can anyone help me I'm wanting to get music to work in Linux but have not got a good idea of how to do it.
I have a CMI8330 16bit PnP Sound Card compatible with Soundblaster 16 and Windowa Sound System I sure there must be someone out there who can help
Hi, what distribution do you use? I have just installed Definite 7.0 from the new Linux Format magazine (Redhat equivalent distribution) and it comes with sndconfig. I ran it from root, chose SB16 as a card type and gave it my IRQ/DMA settings and it works for simple stuff. I have never got (any) Linux to work properly with the DMA16 settings but it is fine for what I want. I have a generic SB16/WSS card.
I guess that every dist has an equivalent config tool.
BTW In my file /etc/conf.modules sndconfig has added these lines for me:
post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2 alias sound sb pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=7 mpu_io=0x330
If you want to do it the hard way, read the Sound-HOWTO that comes with the dist (try 'locate Sound-HOWTO' to find it).
Also read the docs (loads) that come with the kernel source in dir: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/
HTH, Dermot
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