You da isapnp man mike! (mike showed me all that good stuff a couple
months ago...) Its way easier to get a distro that has full sound support
(like Mandrake, or suse), or just get OSS (for $20). SuSE full version
comes with pre-compiled OSS, but if you upgrade the kernel, OSS will not
work (its compiled for the specific kernel in the release you buy).
so.. I guess Mandrake is $29.99 at Costco
Suse can be orderd for $35 (with the LUG cert), normally $50... but 6
cds!
RedsHat has sound support, but is the microsoft of Linux if you ask me :(
Jamie
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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Smith, Mike wrote:
> I could probably do it, but it's easier just to do it than to explain
> it.
>
> Basically, you do this:
>
> 1)rebuild your kernel to have sound as a module, and ppp support if you
> don't already have it.(warning--not for newbies, best to have somebody
> else present to rescue it)
> 2) pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
> 3) vi /etc/isapnp.conf #uncomment some lines to configure the boards
> that you want
> 4) isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf #run isapnp and look for errors
> 5) load the right modules #arghhh..this is where I seem to not get all
> the modules right
> 6) set it all up to run automatically at start-up via rc scripts or by a
> configuration program (linuxconf, yast, etc)
>
> I think most people have agreed that it is worth the effort to buy the
> $20 OSS package, because it does all this stuff for you.
>
> It might be worth investigating to see if your modem is a winmodem.
> Alot of pnp modems are winmodems. If you crack open the box, look
> around to see if the modem has jumpers. You can use those to manually
> set the IRQ and IO address of the modem and save yourself alot of
> trouble.
>
> Failing all, I will hopefully be at the Thursday clinic. I depends on
> the fickleness of my family--who haven't proven too reliable lately.
>
> Good Luck
> --Mike
> Michael J. Smith
> Flyfisher, Russian Translator, and Linux-Geek-At-Large
>
