>Most importantly, it seems that any "[cat | cp] file.au /dev/audio" after the
>first one will cause the cat or cp to block [wait chan. given as "audio"] and
>sit there ignoring all signals.  Since it still has the audio device open, I 
>can't do anything else with it after that point.  The output from the speakers
>is either just a hiss, or nothing at all [but that's cuz I have these damn AI
>speakers that only turn on when they exceed some certain threshold of input]

I think that's because the card defaults to some dma and irq setup, which is
not the same as what you use in your config file.  The SB16 is (well, mine is)
a jumperless card, and needs to be told what irq and dma to use.

>My config is:  IO at 0x220, IRQ 7, DMA Chan. 3 [Sixteen bit DMA chan. 5]
>DSP version is 4.12, as given by the probe.  The card works fine for the first
>use but is no good after that...

--Michael

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