Re: SoundCard [Bit of a Rant]

["A. M. Varon" <andre@mail.lasaltech.com>]

On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, camiel coenen wrote:

> I have been setting up my Debian 2.1 system (kernel 2.2.5), and have
> progressed quite well. The only problem is my soundcard, which is a
> soundblaster-clone: ES1869 from ESS Technology.
> I have read the HOWTO on sound, but I still don't know where to start.
> My laptop has recognised the card, but gives the message to configure
> the sound device, possibly by configuring the kernel. Can anyone help me
> out ?

If it's a plug n play soundcard, install and run the isapnp package.
Next, Recompile your kernel for your specific sound card.

I've done it... and it took me a couple of hours reading the docs, setting
up isapnp and recompiling the kernel.

Can Debian implement what redhat does if a computer has a soundcard?
Simply run sndconfig. I've tested it and it really works. 

It only took me 2 minutes for the soundcard to work in redhat.

regards,

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