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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!tezcat!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!public.x.org!kaleb From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16 won't play Date: 19 Dec 96 03:34:37 GMT Organization: X Consortium Lines: 23 Message-ID: <kaleb.850966477@exalt> References: <5909qj$sm2@news.ziplink.net> <590d8d$sm2@news.ziplink.net> <32B497E4.167EB0E7@indigo.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: exalt.x.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #8 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32790 Colin Dalton <spooky@indigo.ie> writes: >Steve Bernacki wrote: >> Recompiled and rebooted. Now, cat'ing a .au file to /dev/audio begins to >> play the sound (1.5 seconds or so) but then the card goes quiet and the >> cat just site there until I control-c out of it. >Are you sure your IRQ settings are correct? I had this problem until I >realised that I had sb0 looking at IRQ 5, when the card was set to IRQ >10. I don't even get 1.5 seconds, and yes, my IRQ setting is correct. Yes my speaker connections are okay. Yes, I know the speakers are good. I can't get any sound out under OS/2 either. Any other suggestions? Do these cards have a high infant mortality rate? -- Kaleb KEITHLEY