Up until RH62 sound was supported on this system. However, on RH7 sndconfig very explicitly tells me that this device is not supported. Details from sndconfig: Model: Neomagic Corporation|MagicMedia 256AV Audio Device on Colorado Inspiron. Can I use the sound drivers from 6.2? If so, how?
You should be able to use it in the same way you did in 6.2; it just no longer tries to automatically configure the nm256 driver, as that *won't* work.
But in RH62 I just used `sndconfig' and it worked fine. I don't know how to manually take the drivers from 6.2 into 7.0. Where in the 6.2 CD-ROM can I find them? Where do I copy them?
Did you upgrade or install? Do you have your /etc/conf.modules from 6.2?
I installed from scratch but I kept /etc, /usr/local and /root from my previous installation.
OK, what does your previous /etc/conf.modules say?
$ cat /backup/etc/conf.modules alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2 keep path[pcmcia]=/lib/modules/default path[pcmcia]=/lib/modules/preferred options adlib_card io=0x388 alias sound ad1848 pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options ad1848 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 dma2=1
OK, add the following to your current /etc/modules.conf: alias sound-slot-0 ad1848 options sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options ad1848 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 dma2=1 Does that work?
Like a charm. Thanks!
OK. I need to somehow change it so that it maps the PCI neomagic in this case to the isa driver.
If you want, I can beta-test whatever changes you have in mind.
Is it expected behavior for sndconfig to drop back to the prompt, rather than going into manual config for this card? Seems to me from prior experiences with sndconfig that going to manual config mode is the consequence of a failure in the probe or autoconfig mode. One can run sndconfig --noprobe and get the correct behavior in order to get it set up, as thats what I did in order to get mine working.
Yes, that's the normal behavior for PCI cards. The nm256 sound is, well, odd in this regard.
This should be fixed in sndconfig-0.64.6-1; if it sees this particular variant of the NM256, it will use the WSS driver, and ask you for the IO/IRQ/DMA/etc. for it.