One thing I forgot to mention.... these are OSS modules not Alsa. I've never had alsa working on this laptop... supermount... doesn't like this laptops cd/dvd drive. But on 4 other desktops with cd's that get use after install I've not had a lick of problems.
James On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 06:36, Praedor Tempus wrote: > On Thursday 14 November 2002 09:18 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > I've done multiple installs on my laptop. (just testing some stuff > > before I settled down to do work.... conclusion Blue bytes ) (pun > > intended) and since installing more ram, I needed a larger "suspend" > > partition. I lost sound during one of the installs myself for some odd > > reason. Another had sound but in MCC sound card had no info. Now I > > keep these two lines from modules.conf handy. > > > > alias sound-slot-0 maestro > > above snd-es1968 snd-pcm-oss > > > > Now Mine is a compaq not an IBM but it does have the same sound > > card. I'd also recommend going to IBM's site as they have some pretty > > extensive docs on Linux on the ThinkPad. > [...] > > Thanks for the info but... > > I just went back to a custom 2.4.18-6mdk kernel and sound works again just > fine. Since the hardware is oldish and never changes, there is obviously a > problem in the kernel and drivers (2.4.19). I also have a fully functional > supermount again and a functioning parallel port Zip drive (2.4.19 couldn't > operate it either). > > Trying to build the 2.4.19 kernel with the proper sound drivers built into the > kernel instead of produced as modules failed miserably. The kernel refuses > to build when I try it. I've gone back to a recompiled 2.4.18 kernel with > the same drivers built as modules and all is well. > > I would say that 2.4.19 is the problem, not my hardware (which is invariant). -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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