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Re: Sound Question



Jay Kelly wrote:
> 
> How do I figure out what to uncomment from the isapnp.conf. After doing
> pnpdump the file has several lines that are all commented out. Any help
> would be great

Read http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/ and specifically
http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/pnpdump.8.html and
http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/isapnp.conf.5.html.


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshal Wong [mailto:masee@usa.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 4:16 PM
> To: Jay Kelly
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Sound Question
> 
> >>>>> "Jay" == Jay Kelly <neutec@pacbell.net> writes:
> 
>     > I am trying to setup a SoundBlaster16 sound card, I have
>     > recomplied the kernel for sound and pnp support. Now I see the
>     > howto is telling me to:
> 
>     > Use pnpdump to capture the possible settings for all your Plug
>     > and Play devices, saving the result to the file
>     > /etc/isapnp.conf.  Choose settings for the sound card that do
>     > not conflict with any other devices in your system and uncomment
>     > the appropriate lines in /etc/isapnp.conf. Don't forget to
>     > uncomment the (ACT Y) command near the end.  Make sure that
>     > isapnp is run when your system boots up, normally done by one of
>     > the startup scripts. Reboot your system or run isapnp manually.
> 
>     > 1) after using the 'pnpdump' how do I save it to the
>     > /etc/isapnp.conf.
> 
> pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
> 
>     > 2) Where do I uncomment the (ACT Y) command? I didnt see it.
> 
> Once get the information from pnpdump, it should be at the end of each
> device configuration set.
> 
> A note, you may have problems with isapnp say that there are fatel
> irq, and io errors, even if you know that that address is not being
> used.  To fix this, add (ACT N) at the beginning of each device
> section.  Let me know if you have problems.
> 
>     > 3) How do I make sure the isapnp is run at bootup?
> 
> If there is a working /etc/isapnp.conf, it will be used at bootup.
> There is a script that runs it.  This is for sure for potato.  I can't
> remember if this is true for slink.
> 
> Good Luck
> 
>     > Thanks Guys Jay
> 
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