Re: Kernel Sound Drivers...

Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org)
Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:45:21 -0500


On Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 06:12:30PM -0600, Sean M. Kelly wrote:
Hi,
> [snip]
> I have an IBM MWAVE card that came with this computer. The IBM MWAVE has a
> modem, soundcard, and it looks like a WSS all on the same card.
> [snip]
> Using isapnptools, I've managed to get sound partially working. It seems
> that I can play 8bit sound (i.e. quake, wavplay on 8bit samples, etc) but
> 16bit samples just produce a nasty static. Is this because the sb.o module
> is using some limited SoundBlaster compatibility on the card or what?
It's likely that the card pretends to be a soundblaster pro, which is 8bit.
You'd need to compile MSS support into the kernel and such to get it to work
in 16bit mode.
-Myrdraal

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