Re: Sound & stuff

[Ross <nospam [at] virgin.net>]

Craig Andrews wrote:

> Has anybody had any luck getting a PCI soundcard with an ESS Maestro
> chipset (specifically the SonicStorm series from Videologic) ? I have
> one of these beasties, and would very much like to replace my AWE64, but
> just can't seem to get the thing to be recognised.
> 
> Has the version of OSS-Free included with SuSE 6.3 got support for this
> card? and if not, does anyone know of a place where I could get a
> driver?
> 
> Cheers then,
> 
> Craig

I use an 'ESS' sound card with suse6.3. I didn't have much luck with the
OSS drivers even though they are supported. I ended up using the kernel
module sbo for sound blaster compatables. Just edit the
'/etc/modules.conf' file with the appropriate irq and dma values. it
works great :-)

Ross
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