On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 09:38:37AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i have a pnp SoundBlaster16, which was not in my computer when I installed > Debian originally. > trying to configure it I have read through the isapnpconfig stuff. > What I now know is that to get it to work, I must configure the pnp then load > some driver/module.
Yes. > the isapnp stuff seems fairly easy to do, but as I run Linux with loadlin from > DOS, and I already configure it with the creative CTCM pnp configuration > software, I don't think I need to use isapnpconfig. Yes, but it doesn't harm, too. pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf and then editing the latter. > So, when I go into Linux, my SB16 card looks like a non PNP device, ie it is > set up, so what I need to know is, what do I do to make linux recognise it > etc? You need to compile and install a module, better yet a complete new kernel. > I couldn't find any modules in the lib/modules/2.whatever/ directory that > looked like they might pertain to sound, so I assume it is already built into > the kernel that I d/l off debian.org? No, as there is no sensible default. You have to roll your own kernel (or at least the module). > is it just a matter of configuration files, and if so which ones? After you have set up pnp (probably) and compiled your module, add "sound" to /etc/modules and you're done. > Oh, is there anything you have to do as well to get sound to work in X? Nope. Add your users to the group audio: adduser username audio so not only root can use the audio devices. > (plus am I correct about all this PNP stuff above?) Yes. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09