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>I got my CS4232 up and running by adding the following lines
>to my /etc/rc.d/boot.local file. The run the boot.local file
>or reboot.

>echo "Setup CS4232 Sound"
>modprobe soundcore
>modprobe sound
>modprobe ad1848
>modprobe uart401
>modprobe cs4232 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=1 dma2=3 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9                

>>I got my CS4232 up and running by adding the following lines
>>to my /etc/rc.d/boot.local file. The run the boot.local file
>>or reboot.

>>echo "Setup CS4232 Sound"
>>modprobe soundcore
>>modprobe sound
>>modprobe ad1848
>>modprobe uart401
>>modprobe cs4232 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=1 dma2=3 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9                
>SuSE 7.x uses ALSA, not the kernel OSS drivers, by default.  Chris gave
>the OSS solution, which should work provided you can find the right
>values for all the parameters.  Every cs42xx I've seen has used IRQ 5,
>for instance, and "0" for dma2, but try various things... the worst you
>can do is lock up the system.  Keith, have you tried "alsaconf"?

>As for a good Linux book, _Running Linux_ by Matt Walsh (published by
>O'Reilly and Associates) is a pretty good low-to-mid-level book.  If you
>got the "Professional" SuSE distro, you should have a pretty
>comprehensive set of manuals sitting around.  (The manuals are much less
>comprehensive in the "Personal" distro.  Sigh.)  The following sites can
>be very useful for Linux users:

>http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/
>http://linuxnewbies.org/
>file:/usr/share/doc/packages/

>--
>Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
>Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin /  Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
>http://www.brainbench.com     /   Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
>-----------------------------/    I hit a seg fault....

>>On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 01:44:48 -0000, Christopher W. Aiken staggered into
>>the Black Sun and said:
>>>On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:48:27 GMT, Keith Marjerison

>>>>1st, I'm a Linux newbe, so go eazy. How do I go about getting Suse to
>>>>recognize my TidalWave128 ISA sound card. It is PnP and the 'isadump'
>>>>utility :)sees the card but when I try and use 'YaST2' to install
>>>>'Generic' support for :)the 'CS42*' and the program stops saying the
>>>>'kernel' does not support it.  :)What am I doing wrong? What is a good
>>>>reference for Linux ? i.e. Linux :)Unleashed? Thanks for any help in
>>>>advance.

>>>I got my CS4232 up and running by adding the following lines
>>>to my /etc/rc.d/boot.local file. The run the boot.local file
>>>or reboot.

>>>echo "Setup CS4232 Sound"
>>>modprobe soundcore
>>>modprobe sound
>>>modprobe ad1848
>>>modprobe uart401
>>>modprobe cs4232 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=1 dma2=3 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9                
>>SuSE 7.x uses ALSA, not the kernel OSS drivers, by default.  Chris gave
>>the OSS solution, which should work provided you can find the right
>>values for all the parameters.  Every cs42xx I've seen has used IRQ 5,
>>for instance, and "0" for dma2, but try various things... the worst you
>>can do is lock up the system.  Keith, have you tried "alsaconf"?

>>As for a good Linux book, _Running Linux_ by Matt Walsh (published by
>>O'Reilly and Associates) is a pretty good low-to-mid-level book.  If you
>>got the "Professional" SuSE distro, you should have a pretty
>>comprehensive set of manuals sitting around.  (The manuals are much less
>>comprehensive in the "Personal" distro.  Sigh.)  The following sites can
>>be very useful for Linux users:

>>http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/
>>http://linuxnewbies.org/
>>file:/usr/share/doc/packages/

>>--
>>Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
>>Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin /  Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
>>http://www.brainbench.com     /   Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
>>-----------------------------/    I hit a seg fault....
>    I tried both of the above methods without any positive results. When
>I modify the 'Boot.local' file there is an error message when booting. What
>is even stranger is that with out any changes to the 'boot.local' file, when
>my machine boots and I watch as the different devices are initialized, I can
>see my Crystalizer TidalWave 128 card in the list and all of the 'Ports' and
>'IRQs' and 'DMAs' are listed and initialized correctly, but I am still unable
>to get sound support. I have also tried the 'alsaconf' utility with an error
>that no supported sound card was found. I have no idea what is wrong. The
>YaST2 program tells me to try installing with the 'OSS/Free' package, what
>and where is this package?
>    As far as I know this Crystalizer TidalWave 128 card uses the same
>drivers for the 'Newcomm 3D' sound card in both Windoze and OS/2.
>    I must say I am completely baffled.
>    Thanks again for any help.

>/>Keith Marjerison