[riptide] Fwd: riptide driver problem solved

[James Petersen]

To users having trouble with the Riptide kernel
module,

I originally posted a couple messages reporting
problems I had with unresolved symbols when trying to
load the Riptide audio driver in SuSE 7.2, 8.0 and
8.1.  The missing symbol was dealing with
"kmap_pagetable".  Amazingly, "shortyj" emailed me
last week with the solution, and I tried it--it works!
 The solution is so simple too.

Now I'm able to play audio through RealPlayer, as well
as playing .wav files.  The only files that don't work
are MIDI (.mid) files; Kmid seems to be able to output
the files to the MIDI device OK, but no sound appears
on my speakers.  (I've checked the volume control
settings already--they're OK.)  I'm wondering if there
isn't really support for MIDI in Ritpide boards,
without some additional software and/or sound bank
files.  (I remember with SoundBlaster boards in Linux
that you could add various sound bank files in the
form of .sfx/.sbx (something like that) files that I
found on my Windows system.  Maybe the same deal here?

Anyway, to those who try the fix below, you'll also
need to load the sound drivers into the kernel, using
the command (as root) "modprobe riptidelow".  I've
done some reading, and this apparently can be added in
an appropriate system startup file (maybe
/etc/init.d/boot.local or some such file).

--
Jim Petersen


> From: shortyj@softhome.net
> Subject: riptide driver problem solved
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:04:41 -0700
> 
> Hey guys, 
> 
> I've had the same trouble, and resolved it so maybe
> now you can guys
> can get this confounded thing working.  I've been
> screwing with it
> for quite some time.  First, your going to have to
> get the tarball
> version, I couldn't get the rpms working at all and
> for this we need
> the source code.  I'm assuming you know how to
> gunzip and untar,
> but if you don't just gunzip the_file_name and tar
> -xvf the_file_name.
> Switch to the directory it gives you and tool around
> in the directories
> until you find linux.c (i believe its in the modules
> directory, but I'm
> not at my Linux box right now so I can't double
> check it for you.)  Now
> I don't know if you guys are familiar with C or not,
> but all we have
> to do is put in one line in the source code before
> we compile.  At the
> beginning of the source code below all the comment
> you'll see a bunch of
> #include <someheaderfile>.  The reason it's not
> compiling is because
> we're missing one.  Just add #include
> <linux/highmem.h>  Now go to the
> top of the directory and type make install.  The
> driver should compile
> without any problems, run ripconfig, then modprobe
> riptidesound.  You
> should be in buisness :)  Also, this is just for the
> riptide sound driver
> I'm not intrested at all in the modem drivers (I
> have an external), but
> I'm willing to bet any problems with that driver in
> SuSE 8.x are
> associated with the same problem.  If your still
> having problems,
> go ahead and e-mail me and I'll just mail my patched
> linux.c file.  Hope 
> this works for you. 
> 
> learn well,
> SHORTYj
> shortyj@softhome.net 
> 
> if we cannot be free, at least we can be cheap
>            -FZ

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