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From: Steve Bernacki <steve@ziplink.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16 won't play
Date: 16 Dec 1996 06:51:52 GMT
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Hot damn! I set the IRQ to 5 and now it works beautifully. :) Thanks
very much!
-S
"Stephen B. Dela Cruz" <steben@deltanet.com> wrote:
: Steve Bernacki wrote:
: >
: > Hey y'all,
: >
: > I just installed a cheapo soundblaster 16 into my 2.1.5 BSD box. I
: > created the
: > required drivers (MAKEDEV snd0 and MAKEDEV sb). I recompiled the kernel,
: > and it sees the card (apparently) at startup:
: >
: > sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa
: > sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.12>
: > ....
: I had the same problem with my SoundBlaster 16 not producing any sound.
: So I changed the IRQ to 5 and now it works great!
: Instead of recompling the kernel, reboot, and at the boot prompt issue
: the command:
: boot -c
: Which should bring you into configuration mode and you can change any
: hardware settings
: such as: IRQ'S.
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