[ale] Creative Vibra16 soundcard

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Christopher S. Adams wrote:

> you need to check for dma conflicts

Okay, did that.  I tried configuring the dma2 to both 5 and 6, and both
fail.  According to /proc/dma, both 5 and 6 are vacant.  This is what I
get:

 1: Sound Blaster8
 4: cascade

...that is with the second sound card disabled, of course, the second
soundcard is on DMA 3.

> the setup i used for my vibra was
> 
> address: 220
> irq: 5
> dma: 1
> 16-bit dma: 5
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn C. Lasher Jr. <critter at wizvax.net>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 2:15 PM
> Subject: [ale] Creative Vibra16 soundcard
> 
> 
> >
> >Plug 'n' Pray strikes again....
> >
> >I have a Creative SB16 WaveEffects PnP sound card in my machine, (BIOS
> >id's it as a Vibra, thus the subject line) which works for the most part,
> >sound quality is decent enough.  The problem is that I can't get a
> >"proper" configuration to work.
> >
> >I have tried using PnP Tools to configure two different DMA channels for
> >the card, then given these channels to the driver, and the driver accepts
> >them, however, whenever any application tries to use the card as 16-bit,
> >the application seizes up and the only way to get access back to
> >/dev/audio or /dev/dsp is to reboot.
> >
> >On the other hand, if I set both DMA channels to the same channel, it
> >works fine, but of course, that rules out some of the capabilities of the
> >card (FDX, for example).  
> >
> >The only complication in my system is that there is also a second sound
> >card, an ancient SBPro, and the driver has no problem accessing its
> >capabilities, however, the driver doesn't have to do so much to make that
> >work as it is an 8-bit HDX only card.  It is also not the root cause of
> >the problem as verified by the fact that the problem described above
> >existed before I added the SBPro into the system.  It is just that now I
> >am finally getting around to dealing with it.... after about 6 months.
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
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