On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, WH Bouterse wrote:
> Nope no "toddler" hands at this keyboard though sometimes my "hamfisted"
> approach can do some damage . However in this case:
>
> Rebooting and dmesg would give me the line # in isapnp.conf where the
> problem was.
> What happened in each case al the way through the file was one word ,
> For instance: 'line 347' would be the word 'required'
> The following error occurred running the isapnp program: x
> x x
> x Don't know what to do with CONFIGURE CTL0044/895646 (LD x
> x 2 on or around line 347 x
> x /etc/isapnp.conf:347 -- Fatal - Error occurred parsing x
> x config file --- no action taken
>
> # Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
> changed if
> required
>
> Recommenting 'required' as it sat would bump the line error number to
> the next instance
> of uncommented word 'required' ? (A strange error thats for sure)
Yep thats kind of off the wall isn't it, send the .conf i'd like a look at
it
> The "SB16: Bad or missing 16 bit DMA channel" I get from the bootup
> messages:
>
> #vi /var/log/dmesg
> Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> SB 4.13 detected OK (220)
> SB16: Bad or missing 16 bit DMA channel
> <SoundBlaster EMU8000 (RAM0k)>
>
> This message was not there before and it would be nice to track down the
> problem
check the "options sb" line in /etc/conf.modules for a dma16=
> but right now I am thankful to have sound though the permissions problem
> still
> lurks inspite of Axalon's and Civileme's excellant suggestions.
>
> However that issue is address in another post!
>
>
> William BOuterse
> Juneau, Alaska
>
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