Re: Attempts on the ESS-1869 card

[James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>]

Looks like a Sound Blaster compatible.
Try
modprobe snd-sb16 enable=1 isapnp=0 port=0x0220 mpu_port=0x330 irq=5 
dma8=1 dma16=5

Cheers
James


Tom Watson wrote:
> Ah, a new card to try...
> This time it is an Ensonic ESS-1869 that is built into an older Compaq
> laptop (Armada 3500).  When I put in the "setup" disk, it reports that
> the sound card has the following I/O stuff:
> IRQ 5
> DMA 1
> DMA 5
> ports at 0x0220 thru 0x022F   (16 ports)
> ports at 0x0388 thru 0x038B   (4 ports)
> ports at 0x0330 thru 0x0331   (2 ports)
> some other port range at 0x0250 thru 0x0257   (8 ports).
> 
> In reading the driver I see that "port" reserves 16, "fm_port" reserves
> 4, and "mpu_port" reserves 2.
> 
> Being a "nice guy" I attempt to load the module with insmod, and the
> file "modules.conf" has:
> ...
> alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx
> options snd-es18xx id="first" enable=1 dma1=1 dma2=5 irq=5 port=0x220 \
>    fm_port=0x338 mpu_port=0x330
> ...
> 
> But all is not well as I get an error upon doing an insmod:
> .../es18xx.c:2256: ESS AudioDrive ES18xx soundcard not found or device
> busy.
> 
> Am I missing something simple to get this thing working??  From the
> look of things, I should have all the stuff working.  I even attempted
> to try an ISAPNP, but that didn't appear to work either.
> 
> Any better ideas from the group.
> 
> ...Thanks
> 
> =====



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