by Summary: I've added a SBPro card into my historic 1.2.13 linux system.
I can't upgrade the kernel to 2.x as I'm running too much on the box that I'm
afraid of breaking.
The card will play a sound/file for 1 second before crashing out with
cat: write error: I/O error. - This doesn't seem to be covered by Sound
Howto FAQ 6.10.
I've remade my kernel (1.2.13), etc, and the card is recognised fine. All
/dev/ files seem to be installed fine.
But when I try to test it:
eebau:pgregg/p4-~/tmp/sndkit/dsp-2%->cat endoftheworld >/dev/dsp 2:56pm
cat: write error: I/O error
and
eebau:pgregg/p4-/u3/ftp/private/stephen/auteurs/sounds-5%->cat buddha.au >/dev/a
udio
cat: write error: I/O error
I can hear approximately one second of sound before the error appears.
The closest FAQ I can find is 6.10, but as you can see the error message
is an I/O error and not IRQ or DMA timeout.
Any advice is appreciated.
Regards,
Paul Gregg
Supplimentary info below.
eebau:pgregg/pa-~/tmp/sndkit/dsp-1%->ls -la /dev/dsp /dev/audio 2:49pm
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 4 Jul 9 14:17 /dev/audio
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 3 Jul 9 14:17 /dev/dsp
eebau:pgregg/pa-~/tmp/sndkit/dsp-2%->cat /dev/sndstat 3:03pm
Config options: 35c02
Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: SoundBlaster
Type 6: SoundBlaster16
Type 7: SB16 MIDI
Card config:
SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 9 drq 1
SoundBlaster16 at 0x220 irq 9 drq 6
(SB16 MIDI at 0x330 irq 9 drq 0)
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 irq 0 drq 0
PCM devices:
0: SoundBlaster 16 4.13
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3
Midi devices:
MIDI Timers:
0: System Timer
1 mixer(s) installed
eebau:pgregg/pa-~/tmp/sndkit/dsp-3%->cat /proc/devices 3:03pm
Character devices:
1 mem
4 ttyp
5 cua
6 lp
7 vcs
10 mouse
14 sound
21 sg
Block devices:
2 fd
8 sd
eebau:pgregg/pa-~/tmp/sndkit/dsp-4%->uname -a 3:04pm
Linux eebau 1.2.13 #17 Wed Jul 9 13:43:39 GMT 1997 i586
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