`deva-ctrl-nmg6.so`

Sound driver for the NeoMagic 6 family of chips

You must be root to start this driver.

Syntax:

Direct invocation (also causes a new io-audio process to start):

io-audio -d nmg6 [pci=xx] &

Mounting (requires that io-audio already be running):

mount -Tio-audio [-opci=xx] /lib/dll/deva-ctrl-nmg6.so &

Options:

pci xx: The PCI index of the card you want to attach to. If you don't specify this option, the driver attempts to find the first unused card in the system.

Description:

The deva-ctrl-nmg6.so shared object is a device driver DLL used by the io-audio manager. It uses the API described in the Audio Developer's Guide.

While deva-ctrl-nmg6.so is running, you can use applications with sound, and those that control the sound-system (e.g. mixer).

Graphics drivers run at a higher priority than applications, but they shouldn't run at a higher priority than the audio, or else breaks in the audio occur. You can use the on command to adjust the priorities of the audio and graphics drivers.

Examples:

Invoke deva-ctrl-nmg6.so directly from io-audio:

io-audio -d nmg6 &

Mount deva-ctrl-nmg6.so (io-audio must be running):

mount -Tio-audio /lib/dll/deva-ctrl-nmg6.so &

Files:

deva-mixer-ac97.so: Supports the mixer.

Errors:

When an error occurs, deva-ctrl-nmg6.so sends a description of the error to the system logger (see slogger).