Setting ESS 1868 soundcard under Linux
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Check the following in configuring kernel
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<M> Sound card support
<M> OSS sound modules
<M> 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support
<M> MPU-401 support (NOT for SB16)
<M> FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support
<M> Loopback MIDI device support

Add following lines to /etc/isapnp.conf
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(ISOLATE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(CONFIGURE ESS1868/-1 (LD 1
(IO 0 (BASE 0x0220))
(IO 1 (BASE 0x0388))
(IO 2 (BASE 0x0330))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(ACT Y)
))
(WAITFORKEY)

Add following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
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/sbin/modprobe sound
/sbin/insmod uart401
/sbin/insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1
/sbin/insmod mpu401 io=0x330
/sbin/insmod opl3 io=0x388
/sbin/insmod v_midi

# cat /proc/sound to check soundcard is setup
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Installed drivers:

Card config:

Audio devices:
0: ESS ES1688 AudioDrive (rev 11) (3.1)

Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3

Midi devices:
0: Loopback MIDI Port 1
1: Loopback MIDI Port 2

Timers:
0: System clock

Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster
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