IBM Thinkpad 310 ED
Forum: Laptops
Topic: IBM Thinkpad 310 ED
started by: MDG
Posted by MDG on May 21 2006,21:20
Hello!I have an IBM Thinkpad 310 ED, 2 gig HD, 32 MB mem, running frugal install of DSL 2.3 with DSL image on hda1 and restore/mydsl on hda5.
My problem seems to be configuring sound (sorry, don't know how to copy dmesg as I'm a NOOB)
In reading dmesg it shows
Sound Board unknown
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cs4248 "OPL3-SA2" WASS at io 0xe80 irq5 dma 1,3
NOTE: Tried enabling apt-get - that was a no go as it gave all kinds of erros regarding dsl-dpkg.dsl. I think I probably don't have enough RAM for it to do its thing. So, am unable to download sndconfig.
I have been able to download Opera.uci and xmahjong.uci, as well as wmdrawer (which only shows
), but on dial-up this is painfully slow.Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
I'm very pleased that I can get on-line with Opera and surf and check e-mail, and the desktop looks pretty decent. Sound would be a great bonus.
MDG
Posted by MDG on May 22 2006,23:10
Hello!I have more info to add - I found by Thinkpad User Guide. I just don't know how to put this all together.
Audio Controller Device (Sound Blaster)
IRQ: 5, 7, 9 10 or 11
I/O Address (Hex): 0220-022For 0240-024F
Memory Addres (Hex): None
DMA Channel: 0, 1 or 3
There is also an entry thus:
Audio Controller Device (Windows Sound System)
IRQ: None
I/O Address: 0530-0537 or 0E80-0E87
Memory Address: None
DMA Channel: None
*Bold applied as noted in Thinkpad Users Guide
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for everyone's help - I really appreciate it!
MDG
Posted by roberts on May 23 2006,00:19
If you have a sound blaster then try this:$ sudo modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
Posted by MDG on May 23 2006,01:26
Roberts,Thanks so much for your reply - I appreciate the help. Unfortunately, I got "Failed - no such device"
I looked in dmesg and it showed:
io=0xe80 irq=5 dma=1
io=0xe80 is listed in my Users Manual as Audio Controller Device (Windows Sound System)
io=0xe80 is also assocatiated with OPL-3 SA2 WSS
Any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!
MDG
Nothing about sound blaster.
Posted by roberts on May 23 2006,03:59
Sorry to hear that it is not a Sound Blaster.You now have two strikes against you.
First, it is a Windows Sound Card?
Second you only have 32MB memory.
There is alsadebs in the repository.
I am not sure it would support your sound card.
And with only 32MB of ram I don't think it will work.
Maybe someone else has a similar system and can chime in.
Posted by cbagger01 on May 24 2006,16:55
Hmm...From this guy:
< http://www.geocities.com/ckoeni/linux/tp310dsl.html >
It appears that you need to type in something like:
sudo su
modprobe opl3 io=0x388
modprobe opl3sa2 isapnp=1
Posted by MDG on May 25 2006,02:31
cbagger.SHAZAM!!!! I now have sound!!!! Thanks so much for your help and pointing me to that webpage - I am AMAZED!
Roberts,
Thanks so much for your help, and for this great little distro. I'm learning so much about linux - its AWESOME!!!
MDG
Posted by MDG on May 26 2006,01:35
Uh OH!!!I didn't get my sound configuration saved. Can someone point me to directions?
MDG
Posted by roberts on May 26 2006,03:20
Assuming that you have a basic backup/restore,just add the two modprobe commands to
/opt/bootlocal.sh
You don't need the sudo there as the commands in /opt/bootlocal.sh run as user root.