Problems with SoundBlaster Live and AHI
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    Posts: 23 from 2006/6/22
    I recently got a G-Rex for my A4000D and so far it's been working pretty well.

    I can't get my sound card, a Sound Blaster Live, to work in it under MorphOS. It works perfectly under AmigaOS 3.9 though.

    I added the PPC EMU10k drivers to MorphOS from ppc-morphos-ahiusr-6.0.lha.

    Every time I try to open the System preferences to get at the AHI settings the control panel fails to appear and as soon as I click on a desktop icon the system hard-locks.

    If I try the AHI prefs program from that archive the machine hard-locks straight away.

    As soon as I remove the EMU10kx drivers from the MorphOS installation the control panel works again.

    What the hell is wrong with it?

    I've tried the drivers from the 68k archive, and I've tried different PCI slots. I've tried the ahi.device 6.7 beta, and I've also tried updating to a newer OpenPCI library. I've also tried another Sound Blaster Live; a 5.1 version. Again, worked under OS3.9, control panel freezes under MOS.

    This is really annoying; why shouldn't it work? The compatibility table at this link says it's supposed to work:
    http://grex.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=38

    Can anyone help at all? :-?
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    CLS2086
    Posts: 168 from 2005/8/25
    From: West of PARIS
    Hi,
    I got the same reaction with the Ess solo1 driver on my Grex1200.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    DJBase
    Posts: 745 from 2003/4/6
    From: Germany
    Well, I got the info that it works but seems not for everybody. I can't do any test by myself to see what the problem is. I am sorry guys.
    Mac mini, PowerPC G4 1.5 GHz, ATI Radeon 9200 64 MB, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD, MorphOS 3.18
    PowerBook, PowerPC G4 1.67 GHz, ATI Radeon 9700 128 MB, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB mSATA HDD, MorphOS 3.18
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  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    Posts: 23 from 2006/6/22
    Oh - thanks DJBase, I forgot you ran the Grex and PowerUP sites - they're very useful :)

    I can also confirm CLS2086's problem with the Solo1 driver - I also have that card. With that driver, the prefs open, but trying to select the driver from the list makes the system hang.

    This is a huge shame; I really wanted to use my music apps under MOS, one of the reasons I purchased the G-Rex.

    What are the chances of any of the developers behind the drivers, OpenPCI, and maybe even MorphOS being able to help?
  • »10.02.07 - 20:02
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