Hi. Thanks for the license key. I think the license is now working. However, my sound is failing. See below. > From: 4Front Technologies <http://www.opensound.com/~info> > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:44:30 -0800 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert wrote: > Hi Robert, > > You should have received your license key via email. You need to install > the key according to the instructions. Anyway, here's a copy of your key: > > 1) Save the attachment to a file > 2) Login as root and run soundconf > 3) Select Install License File Option and when prompted > type in the name of the file you saved the message in step 1. > 4) Save the configuration and exit > 5) Run soundon and type cat /dev/sndstat and ensure that your licence is > working. Here's my /dev/sndstat file: OSS/Linux 3.9.3b (C) 4Front Technologies 1996-1999 License serial number: N02663758 Options: This copy of OSS is licensed to robert Build: 2.0.36-UP Card config: SoundBlaster 16 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5 (SB MPU-401 at 0x330) OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 Audio devices: 0: Sound Blaster (8 BIT/MONO ONLY) (2.2) Synth devices: 0: OPL2 Midi devices: 0: Sound Blaster Timers: 0: System clock Mixers: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's my old /dev/sndstat before I installed your drivers: Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Thu Jun 17 20:56:23 EDT 1999 root, Linux 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 unknown) Kernel: Linux 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 2: Sound Blaster Card config: Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5 Audio devices: 0: Sound Blaster (2.2) Synth devices: Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Timers: 0: System clock Mixers: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's my /usr/local/lib/oss/soundon.log file: Sat Feb 19 17:28:02 EST 2000 Linux 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 unknown This version (3.9.3b-991216) is compiled for Linux-2.0.36-UP Kernel version: Linux 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 unknown Modutils version: 2.1.121 === Running /usr/local/bin/soundon === Install directory: /usr/local/lib/oss cat: /usr/local/lib/oss/sndshield.ver: No such file or directory sndshield loaded OK soundbase loaded OK midi loaded OK uart401 loaded OK sb loaded OK opl3 loaded OK ==== About to start the driver using the following config === /SECUREAUDIO OFF /IRQEXCLUDE 3 4 /DMAEXCLUDE 2 -sb16 #Creative Sound Blaster 16 SB16 ON P220 I5 D1 d5 SBMPU ON P330 OPL3 ON P388 ++ pnpres.dat ++ ++++ /usr/local/lib/oss/sndconf: error in loading shared libraries : undefined symbol: __bzero Warning: Some of the devices failed to initialize OSS/Linux 3.9.3b (C) 4Front Technologies 1996-1999 License serial number: N02663758 Options: This copy of OSS is licensed to robert Build: 2.0.36-UP Card config: SoundBlaster 16 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5 (SB MPU-401 at 0x330) OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 Audio devices: 0: Sound Blaster (8 BIT/MONO ONLY) (2.2) Synth devices: 0: OPL2 Midi devices: 0: Sound Blaster Timers: 0: System clock Mixers: ++++ dmesg printout follows ++++ Memory: sized by int13 088h Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fab50 pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfafd0 pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb000 Probing PCI hardware. Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 199.48 BogoMIPS Memory: 62532k/65536k available (1136k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1484k data) Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035. Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034 IP Protocols: IGMP, ICMP, UDP, TCP VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_5.6.0 initialized Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok. Linux version 2.0.36 (root@gondor) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 Starting kswapd v 1.4.2.2 Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 tpqic02: Runtime config, $Revision: 0.4.1.5 $, $Date: 1994/10/29 02:46:13 $ tpqic02: DMA buffers: 20 blocks, at address 0x282600 (0x28254c) Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007 ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f hda: WDC AC14300R, 4112MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63 hdb: Maxtor 71670 AP, 1596MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=811/64/63, DMA hdd: V004H0DT B, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Adding Swap: 130748k swap-space (priority -1) CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of Ca PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. PPP line discipline registered. smc-ultra.c: Presently autoprobing (not recommended) for a single card. smc-ultra.c:v2.02 2/3/98 Donald Becker (http://www.cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/~becker) eth0: SMC Ultra at 0x300, 00 00 C0 56 9B 7B, IRQ 10 memory 0xcc000-0xcffff. ftape-2.08 960314 (c) 1993-1995 Bas Laarhoven (http://www.vimec.nl/~bas) (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen (http://www.dolphinics.no/~khp) (c) 1996-1997 Claus Heine (http://www.momo.math.rwth-aachen.de/~claus) QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020 tape drives Compiled for kernel version 2.0.36 with versioned symbols UMSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos) Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A tty02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY-MODULAR (dynamic channels, max=256). SLIP linefill/keepalive option. registered device ppp0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00 VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00 VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00 lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) [000] fdc-io.c (fdc_config) - Using the standard fdc controller. [001] fdc-io.c (fdc_probe) - Type 82077AA FDC found. [002] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_activate_drive) - drive wakeup method: Mountain. [003] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_get_drive_status) - error status set. [004] ftape-io.c (ftape_set_data_rate) - post QIC-117B drive @ 1 Mb/s. [005] ftape-io.c (ftape_set_data_rate) - 750 ft. QIC-80 tape. [006] ftape-read.c (read_header_segment) - header segments are 0 and 1. [007] ftape-read.c (read_header_segment) - calculated tape length is 1003 ft. [008] ftape-bsm.c (extract_bad_sector_map) - 199 bad sectors. [009] ftape-read.c (read_header_segment) - This tape has no `Linux raw format' label, ***** Use `mt' to erase this tape if you want to use file marks !. [010] fdc-io.c (fdc_result) - fdc not ready. [011] fdc-isr.c (fdc_isr) - probably fatal error during FDC Result Phase. [012] fdc-isr.c (fdc_isr) - drive may hang until (power) reset :-(. ++++++++ PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 8, function 0: VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5430 (rev 71). Medium devsel. IRQ 255. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Bus 0, device 7, function 2: USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0x6400. Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xf000. Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 82439TX (rev 1). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32. processor : 0 cpu : 586 model : AMD-K5(tm) Processor vendor_id : AuthenticAMD stepping : 4 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid : yes wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge bogomips : 199.48 ++++ 0: 9220494 timer 1: 27803 keyboard 2: 0 cascade 4: 2063 + serial 5: 4 soundblaster 6: 231493 + ftape 8: 3 + rtc 10: 0 SMC Ultra 13: 1 math error 14: 4055821 + ide0 15: 0 + ide1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I try RealPlay, it just sits there and, although I heard a popping sound on the speakers, I don't hear any sounds. And RealPlay doesn't move its meter forward. I could successfully hear stuff with my old sound driver. Thanks for any help. > Be sure to back up your license key to a floppy disk > (eg tar -cvf /dev/fd0 <FileName>) > > Best regards > Dev Mazumdar > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 4Front Technologies > 4035 Lafayette Place, Unit F, Culver City, CA 90232, USA. > Tel: (310) 202 8530 URL: www.opensound.com > Fax: (310) 202 0496 Email: http://www.opensound.com/~info > ----------------------------------------------------------- ---