David,
sorry for getting back to you so late, was away for a few days...
comments below
On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 22:27:01 -0700
David Aikema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > BTW, how did you set up your sound? If you haven't done this yet you
> > might want to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to uncomment your sound card
> and
>
> Well.... in /usr/src/linux/Doc...n/sound I discovered which driver
> supported
> my sound card and modprobed it into the kernel.
you did this from a command line? any errors? what sound card is this
again?
> I then added a line for it to rc.modules, b/c even a commented out one
> did
> not already exist, although the module was available.
OK but you might need to modify how you entered it (IRQ/DMA etc)
> > then either modprobe the sound module or reboot. Are you running the
> > stock kernel? If so which version 2.2.19 or 2.4.5?
>
> Still running stock 2.2.19 (never noticed the option to go 2.4.5 when
> setting
> up slackware although it apparently was there).... lol, I seem to keep
> procrastinating on learning the art of kernel compilation.
it's not that bad, really, if you have a few hours to spend. just
remember to keep a copy of a working kernel, it's System.map and it's
modules directory around in case you mess things up - even if you don't
you can still boot from either the install floppy/CD or the emergency
boot disk you made during installation and repair things if need be.
hint: in slackware 8, if you replace 'make bzImage' (when you get to
that step) with 'make bzlilo', it moves your old kernel to vmlinuz.old
for you (along with System.old), then all you need to do is modify
/etc/lilo to point to it before you do the 'make bzlilo', it will run
/sbin/lilo for you when it's done.
--- from /etc/lilo.conf ---
image = /vmlinuz.old
label = old_kernel
root = /dev/hda1
vga = normal
read-only
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HTH
Myles
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