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Kernel: Version 2.0x
There is a series of (commercial) sound drivers sold by 4front Technologies. These also provide support for the majority of sound cards not supported by the standard kernel.
It is very easy to use these drivers once they are installed. In order to activate sound-support, just enter
soundonas root on the command-line. In order to deactivate sound-support, enter the command
soundoffAlso this driver has an automatic detection of the installed sound card and initializes ISA-PnP devices.
Here is a small HOWTO on how to install the sounddriver.
/lib/modules/[kernel-version]/misc
.
You can find out the version of the current kernel by entering the command
uname -a
.
sound.o
is available in that directory, rename it
to something meaningful, e.g.
mv sound.o sound.date.oIn version 5.3 (release 1 & 2) of S.u.S.E. Linux the automatic loading of the soundmodule is deactivated. Renaming the sound module is not necessary then.. Further information can be found in the article Sound: automatic loading of the sound module in our support database.
oss
(series snd
). It contains the OSS driver version 3.7.1z
and is free for customers with a full version of S.u.S.E. Linux. A demo version of the newest driver (at the time
the distribution was released) is contained on the CDs (in S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3; package ossdemo
, series
snd
). After the installation, please read the license terms and conditions in the directory
/usr/doc/packages/ossxxxx
.
The newest version of OSS
is always available from the Web page of 4front
http://www.opensound.com.
/tmp/osslinux-version
and unpack it.
PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/ossto
/etc/profile
right in front of
export PATH
isapnp.conf
in the directory /etc
, rename it :
mv /etc/isapnp.conf /etc/isapnp.conf.date
/lib/modules
).
root
and change to the directory /tmp/osslinux-version
.
cd /tmp/osslinux-version ./oss-installor (depending on the version of OSS)
./osslinux.runmeYou might have to set the executable flag for this file, e.g.
chmod a+x ./osslinux.runme
/usr/lib/oss
.
In case you get an error message :
/usr/lib/oss
.
devices.cfg
:
touch ./devices.cfg
soundconf
:
./soundconfNow you can configure the soundcard or let the automatic hardware detection of OSS do this job (not recommended if there were errors above).
soundconf
by choosing the corresponding menu-entry and specifying the location of the license-file.
/etc/isapnp.conf
after the installation of OSS and deactivate all
entries for the ISA-PnP sound card. This can be done by changing
(ACT Y)to
(ACT N)for every logical device of the sound card. You will have to reboot once more in order to activate these settings in
/etc/isapnp.conf
Please also read the corresponding section in the READMEs that come with OSS.
Have fun !
See also:
Keywords: OSS, 4FRONT, SOUND, MODULE, ISAPNP, KERNEL
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