Graham, John on Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:02:16 -0400 (EDT)


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RE: [Plug] More sound problems


It's an isa pnp card.  This may be a dumb question, but I have to ask.  If I
configure the card under Redhat 5.2 and then upgrade to 6.0, do I have to
configure it again?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	LeRoy D. Cressy [SMTP:ldc@netaxs.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 09, 1999 5:13 AM
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> Subject:	Re: [Plug] More sound problems
> 
> Some questions:
> 
> Is the card a jumpered isa bus card or an isa pnp card?
> 
> Or is the card a pci bus card?
> 
> If the card is a jumpered isa card, set the jumpers for an unused irq
> and appropriate port address.  I think that the default is irq 5 which a
> lot of ethernet cards want to occupy.  I set my ``ancient'' card using
> irq  10.
> 
> If the card is an isa plug and pray, read the documentation for what the
> default irq and port values are used.
> 
> Finally, I think that the old soundblaster 16 and 32 have to have their
> settings hard coaded into the kernel and a kernel has to be compiled.
> 
> Also, I don't think making this a module will work sinse the irq and
> port has to be hard coaded.
> 
> Graham, John wrote:
> > 
> > Last night when I tried to install my sound blaster 32 card using
> > 'sndconfig', the card was detected, and then the system just hung.  No
> > response what so ever, just a frozen blue screen.  Can the system detect
> the
> > card if the modules are not installed?  What do I have to do the verify
> > whether or not the SoundBlaster modules are available?
> > 
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