That's even more interesting seeing as how I haven't recompiled the kernel. 
It's the 2.4.8 kernel that was released as a security patch a few weeks ago...

-Eric

On October 27, 2001 03:00 pm, you wrote:
> It looks as if isa_pnp is linked into the kernel:
> #
> # Plug and Play configuration
> #
> CONFIG_PNP=y
> CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
> CONFIG_PNPBIOS=y
>
>  -- Bjarne
>
> Eric Paynter wrote:
> > OK. lsmod returns nothing that seems related to sound. Here is the
> > output:
> >
> > ........
> > [root@europa etc]# lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > binfmt_misc             6208   1
> > nfsd                   70464   8  (autoclean)
> > lockd                  51440   1  (autoclean) [nfsd]
> > sunrpc                 66480   1  (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
> > lp                      5808   0
> > parport_pc             20240   1
> > parport                24768   1  [lp parport_pc]
> > af_packet              12560   0  (autoclean)
> > usb-uhci               21232   0  (unused)
> > usbcore                50752   1  [usb-uhci]
> > tulip                  36400   1  (autoclean)
> > nls_iso8859-1           2880   1  (autoclean)
> > ntfs                   49776   1  (autoclean)
> > rtc                     5600   0  (autoclean)
> > ext3                   63084   1
> > jbd                    39168   1  [ext3]
> > ........
> >
> > So I can't unload anything. I went into the Control Center and when I try
> > to test the card, I get "modprobe: Can't locate module isa-pnp". I
> > scanned my HDD and sure enough there is no module by that name... I can't
> > find any rpm on the CD that claims to have that file either. Now I'm
> > really confused. Does Mdk8.1 not support isa-pnp anymore? That doesn't
> > make sense so I must have missed something. This was a pretty vanilla
> > install. I just chose "recommended" and selected all the workstation
> > stuff and none of the server stuff so I can't imagine that I "decided"
> > not to install it.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Eric
> >
> > On October 27, 2001 12:04 pm, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> > > A frequent mistake people make when using sndconfig is NOT first
> > > clearing the existing sound modules from RAM.
> > >
> > > If you don't clear them sndconfig cannot load them again, since they
> > > already exist and interfere with the new load (unless you happen to
> > > have two identical boards).
> > >
> > > Under LM8.1 sndconfig does not fully configure many sound cards. The
> > > Mandrake Control Panel does a MUCH BETTER job.
> > >
> > > Remove all sound related modules from RAM
> > >
> > > "lsmod"
> > >
> > > "rmmod sound" etc.
> > >
> > > If rmmod states that a mod is busy, there is another module which must
> > > be removed first...
> > >
> > > Get rid of all of them then go into the control panel and configure
> > > your card from their.
> > >
> > > Reboot (yeah really, restarting the sound daemon does not seem to give
> > > you all the new device entries).
> > >
> > > Use AUXMIX to turn up all the mixer values and go back into the
> > > KDEcontrol Panel and "Save" the mixer state, so that things get
> > > automatically set upon the next boot.
> > >
> > > The KDEcontrol panel modifies the ALSA-CTL files which are used at
> > > boot.
> > >
> > > -JMS
> > >
> > > |-----Original Message-----
> > > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric Paynter
> > > |Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:40 PM
> > > |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > |Subject: [expert] SB AWE64 failing to load - Mandrake 8.1
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |I recently upgraded (read: re-installed) to Mandrake 8.1.
> > > |Since then, my
> > > |sound card has not been working. The sound card was working fine under
> > > |Mandrake 8.0 and still works when I boot to Win98SE. It's a
> > > |Creative SB AWE64.
> > > |
> > > |When I run sndconfig, it first says:
> > > |
> > > |........
> > > |ISAPNP Probe Results
> > > |
> > > | A ISAPNP sound card was found in
> > > | your system. The details are:
> > > |
> > > |      Model: Creative SB AWE64
> > > | PnP:Audio
> > > |........
> > > |
> > > |OK. All looks good so far. Hit OK for the sound sample, and I get:
> > > |
> > > |........
> > > |modprobe error
> > > |
> > > | The following error occurred running the modprobe program:
> > > |
> > > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > | init_module: No such device
> > > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod
> > > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz failed
> > > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod
> > > | sound-slot-0 failed ........
> > > |
> > > |OK. Not so good... It spits me into manual config and I try a zillion
> > > |combinations for IRQ/IO/DMA including those which work for
> > > |Win98 and still,
> > > |the same thing comes out. Also, I'm not sure if this is
> > > |relavent, but when I
> > > |probe the driver with insmod, it returns unresolved symbols.
> > > |Is this supposed
> > > |to happen? Maybe my sb.o is corrupt?
> > > |
> > > |........
> > > |[eric@europa eric]$ /sbin/insmod -p sb
> > > |Using /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz
> > > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > |unresolved symbol
> > > |probe_sbmpu_Rddc8ad00
> > > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > |unresolved symbol
> > > |smw_free_R450f9aea
> > > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > |unresolved symbol
> > > |sb_dsp_detect_Rd8a2731c
> > > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > |unresolved symbol
> > > |sb_dsp_unload_Rc4884969
> > > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > |unresolved symbol
> > > |unload_sbmpu_R74afd69c
> > > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > > |unresolved symbol
> > > |sb_dsp_init_Re986438b
> > > |........
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |Thanks for any help getting this working,
> > > |
> > > |-Eric
> > > |
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