Re: [SLUG] Re: Progeny -- Laptop Sound

From: edoc (kd4e@arrl.net)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 00:37:05 EDT


Thanks! Have printed this and will follow through as soon as the
Progeny apt-upgrade completes ... or sometimes Sat since it is
way too late tonight!

Thanks! Doc

> those would be in /dev
>
>
> It appears your chip takes the cs4232 module. This is what the docs for
> my kernel source says about that module
>
>
> To configure the Crystal CS423x sound chip and activate its DSP
> functions,
> modules may be loaded in this order:
>
> modprobe sound
> insmod ad1848
> insmod uart401
> insmod cs4232 io=* irq=* dma=* dma2=*
>
> This is the meaning of the parameters:
>
> io--I/O address of the Windows Sound System (normally 0x534)
> irq--IRQ of this device
> dma and dma2--DMA channels (DMA2 may be 0)
>
> On some cards, the board attempts to do non-PnP setup, and fails. If
> you
> have problems, use Linux' PnP facilities.
>
> To get MIDI facilities add
>
> insmod opl3 io=*
>
> where "io" is the I/O address of the OPL3 synthesizer. This will be
> shown
> in /proc/sys/pnp and is normally 0x388.
>
>
>
> scott
>
> edoc wrote:
>
> > > > I seem to be missing /dev/dsp, /dev/audio, and dev/mixer ...
> > > > why would Progeny have failed to install these as a generic
> > > > install?
> > > >
> > > > Should I just re-run install and see if Progeny gets it right the
> > > > second try?
> > >
> > > If that's all you are missing try (as root) '/dev/MAKEDEV -v'.
> > >
> > > Bob
> >
> > I ran MAKEDEV -v audio and a bunch of stuff seemed to be created.
> > Names I saw as it scrolled by included audio, and I thought I saw
> > mixer, dsp, sound, etc ... can't be sure.
> >
> > Where might it have put this stuff?
> >
> > The CD player runs but no sound heard. The Mixer still comes up
> > missing.
> >
> > Thanks! Doc
>



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