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deltas, but it is possible since I had a few merge conflicts over the last few days while this has been sitting ready to go. (Part 1 was committed to the config files, but cvs aborted grrr..) Approved by: core
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VoxWare v3.5-alpha5 release notes
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IMPORTANT! This version of the driver is compatible only with Linux versions
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1.3.33 and later. It may work with earlier ones as a loadable
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module but...
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Also this is an ALPHA test version which has not been tested
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with all cards. At least AEDSP16 support will not work. PAS16
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and PSS supports have not been tested. /dev/dsp and /dev/audio
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playback with standard GUS sounds scrambled. 16 bit mode of
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SB16 doesn't work.
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Please read the SOUND-HOWTO (available from sunsite.unc.edu and other Linux ftp
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sites). It contains much more information than this file.
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* NEW! VoxWare home page is http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/voxware *
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* The file Readme.cards contains card specific instructions *
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* about configuring various cards. *
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*****************************************************************
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There are some programming information (little bit old) in the
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Hacker's Guide
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(ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/sound/snd-sdk-doc-0.1.ps.gz).
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Believe me: The file is really there. The directory is just hidden and
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you have to cd into it before the file is visible. Note: This directory
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was accidently removed some time ago but it's now back.
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I have got many patches from various persons during last year. Some of
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them are still on my mailbox and they should be included in versions
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after v3.0 (I will not add aditional features before v3.0 is ready).
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====================================================
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- THIS VERSION ____REQUIRES____ Linux 1.3.33 OR LATER.
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====================================================
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- THIS VERSION MAY NOT WORK WITH Linux VERSIONS RELEASED
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AFTER end of Nov 1995. If this version doesn't compile with
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your kernel version, please use the sound driver version
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included in your kernel.
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You will need the snd-util-3.0.tar.gz and snd-data-0.1.tar.Z
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packages to use this driver. They should be in the same
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ftp site or BBS from where you got this driver. For
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example at nic.funet.fi:pub/OS/Linux/*.
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If you are looking for the installation instructions, please
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look at linux/Readme.
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Supported soundcards
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--------------------
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Gravis Ultrasound (GUS)
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GUS MAX
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GUS with the 16 bit sampling daughtercard
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PAS16
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Windows Sound System compatible soundcards
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ECHO-PSS (cards based on the PSS architecture by Analog Devices.
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Including Orchid SW32, Cardinal DSP16 among others).
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(NOTE! WSS mode may not work (DMA channel setup problem)).
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MediaTriX AudioTriX Pro (OPL4 and the optional effect daughtercard
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require special initialization. There is a program (setfx) in
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the snd-util-3.0.tar.gz package which does it).
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Ensoniq SoundScape (works but needs some improvements)
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MV Jazz16 based soundcards (ProSonic, 3D etc).
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SoundMan Wave (recording may not work, mixer support is limited)
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Mozart (OAK OTI-601 interface chip) based soundcards.
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MAD16 (an interface chip by OPTi) based soundcards (TB Tropez ???).
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(NOTE! The MAD16 looks similar to the Mozart chip. It could be a good
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idea to configure MAD16 cards as Mozart ones. The MAD16 driver doesn't set
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up MPU401 which the Mozart one does.
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CS4232 based cards such as AcerMagic S23.
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In addition all Sound Blaster models and clones (up to AWE32) work if
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you want to use them.
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The Emu synthesizer chip of AWE32 is not and will not be supported. The same is
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true with the ASP chip also. Creative Technology will not release detailed
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information about them so it's not possible to support them.
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If you want to get support for AWE32 or ASP, please contact Creative Labs.
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Ask _politely_ if they are going to support Linux. Maybe they change
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their policy if there is enough demand.
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===========================================================================
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If your card is compatible with SB, MPU401 or Windows Sound System, it
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may work with the driver even if it's not listed in the above list. In this
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case it may require initialization using DOS. Just start DOS and cold
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boot to Linux (etc.) by hitting ctrl-alt-del.
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===========================================================================
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Compatibility with the earlier versions
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---------------------------------------
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There have been some changes in soundcard.h after v2.5 of the driver
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(v2.90 is compatible with this one). Binaries compiled with this version
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of soundcard.h will not work with v2.0 and earlier.
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Contributors
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------------
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This driver contains code by several contributors. In addition several other
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persons have given usefull suggestions. The following is a list of major
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contributors. (I could have forgotten some names.)
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Craig Metz 1/2 of the PAS16 Mixer and PCM support
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Rob Hooft Volume computation algorithm for the FM synth.
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Mika Liljeberg uLaw encoding and decoding routines
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Andy Fingerhut New ulaw conversion tables (ulaw.h)
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Jeff Tranter Linux SOUND HOWTO document
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Greg Lee Volume computation algorithm for the GUS and
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lot's of valuable suggestions.
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Andy Warner ISC port
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Jim Lowe,
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Amancio Hasty Jr FreeBSD/NetBSD port
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Anders Baekgaard Bughunting and valuable suggestions.
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Joerg Schubert SB16 DSP support.
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Andrew Robinson Improvements to the GUS driver
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Megens SA MIDI recording for SB and SB Pro.
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Mikael Nordqvist Linear volume support for GUS and
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nonblocking /dev/sequencer.
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Ian Hartas SVR4.2 port
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Markus Aroharju and
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Risto Kankkunen Major contributions to the mixer support
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of GUS v3.7.
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Hunyue Yau Mixer support for SG NX Pro.
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Marc Hoffman PSS support.
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Rainer Vranken Initialization for Jazz16 (ProSonic, MV3D, SM Wave).
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Peter Trattler Initial version of loadable module support for Linux.
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JRA Gibson 16 bit mode for Jazz16
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Davor Jadrijevic MAD16 support
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Gregor Hoffleit Mozart support
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Riccardo Facchetti Audio Excel DSP 16 (aedsp16) support
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There are propably many other names missing. If you have sent me some
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patches and your name is not in the above list, please inform me.
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Sponsors etc.
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-------------
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The following companies have greatly helped development of this driver
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in form of a free copy of their product:
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Novell, Inc. UnixWare personal edition + SDK
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The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. A SCO OpenServer + SDK
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Ensoniq Corp, a SoundScape card and extensive amount of assistance
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MediaTriX Peripherals Inc, a AudioTriX Pro card + SDK
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Acer, Inc. a pair of AcerMagic S23 cards.
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In addition the following companies have provided me sufficial amount
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of technical information at least some of their products (free or $$$):
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Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
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Media Vision Inc.
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Analog Devices Inc.
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Logitech Inc.
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Aztech Labs Inc.
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Crystal Semiconductor Corporation,
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Integrated Circuit Systems Inc.
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OAK Technology
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OPTi
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Ad Lib Inc. ($$)
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Music Quest Inc. ($$)
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Creative Labs ($$$)
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If you have some problems
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Read the sound HOWTO (sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/...?).
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Also look at the home page (http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/voxware). It may
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contain info about some recent bug fixes.
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It's likely that you have some problems when trying to use the sound driver
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first time. Soundcards don't have standard configuration so there are no
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good default configuration to use. Please try to use same I/O, DMA and IRQ
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values for the soundcard than with DOS.
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If you get an error message when trying to use the driver, please look
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at /var/adm/messages for more verbose error message.
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In general the easiest way to diagnoze problems is to do "cat /dev/sndstat".
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If you get an error message, there are some problems with the driver setup:
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- "No such file or directory" tells that the device files for
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the sound driver are missing. Use the script at the end of
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linux/drivers/sound/Readme.linux to create them.
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- "No such device" telss that the sound driver is not in the kernel.
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You have to reconfigure and recompile the kernel to have the sound
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driver. Compiling the driver doesn't help alone. You have to boot
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with the newly compiled one before the driver becomes active.
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The Linux-HOWTO should help in this step.
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The following errors are likely with /dev/dsp and /dev/audio.
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- "No such device or address". This error message should not happen
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with /dev/sndstat but it's possible with the other sound devices.
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This error indicates that there are no suitable hardware for the
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device file or the sound driver has been compiled without support for
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this particular device. For example /dev/audio and /dev/dsp will not
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work if "digitized voice support" was not enabled during "make config".
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- "Device or resource busy". Propably the IRQ (or DMA) channel
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required by the soundcard is in use by some other device/driver.
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- "I/O error". Almost certainly (99%) it's an IRQ or DMA conflict.
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Look at the kernel messages in /var/adm/notice for more info.
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- "Invalid argument". The application is calling ioctl()
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with impossible parameters. Check that the application is
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for sound driver version 2.X or later.
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In general the printout of of /dev/sndstat should tell what is the problem.
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It's possible that there are bugs in the sound driver but 99% of the problems
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reported to me are caused by somehow incorrect setup during "make config".
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For owners of TI TM4000M notebooks
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There appears to be some kind of conflict between the sound support
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(MV Jazz), mouse port and VoxWare. You could try to configure kernel
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with the C&T 82C710 mouse port support disabled.
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Hannu
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Regards,
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Hannu Savolainen
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hannu@voxware.pp.fi
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(or Hannu.Savolainen@cctap.carel.fi in case the above bounces)
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Snail mail: Hannu Savolainen
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Hiekkalaiturintie 3 A 8
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00980 Helsinki
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Finland
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NOTE! I propably don't answer to Snail mail or FAX messages. Sending answer
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to each of them is simply too expensive and time consuming. However I
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try to reply every email message I get (within a week). If you don't
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get response, please check how your address is written in the message
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header. I can't answer if I don't have a valid reply address.
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VoxWare home page is http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/voxware
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