[Tfug] playing midi files with AWE64

[John Gruenenfelder]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:18:04PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am running a 2.4.20 kernel on a Debian Sid system and trying to play
>midi files.  The Soundblaster AWE64 works as indicated by the KDE 3.1.1
>Control Center.  It as though one module or component is missing.  This 
>is the relevant part of lsmod:
>
>mpu401                 18372   0  (unused)
>sb                      7796   0
>sb_lib                 32206   0  [sb]
>uart401                 6020   0  [sb_lib]
>sound                  52300   0  [mpu401 sb_lib uart401]
>soundcore               3556   5  [sb_lib sound]
>isa-pnp                27812   0  [sb]
>
>I have installed several midi players including KMid.  They all pretend 
>they are playing but there is no sound.
>
>Probably the most inportant information is that spxload says:
>No AWE synth device is found.

You are missing one module.  It's been a while since my AWE32 died, so I can't
remember exactly.  I believe the module you need is 'sbawe'.  That provides
the AWE interface for sfxload.  If you compiled your kernel yourself, remember
that for the OSS modules, the AWE portion is a separate choice from the SB
wave out device.


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