to get past the 'device busy', unload the soundcore module (rmmod soundcore)
and then manually reload the two modules. If you're talking about sblive,
that would be :
modprobe soundcore
insmod -f emu10k1
sound should work ok.
Patrick Putteman
Internet Support Manager
Net 7
www.net7.be
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live!
> > I bought an SB Live about an hour ago
>
> And as a followup, I also get the "device busy" on startup.
>
> Recompiled my kernel (2.2.9-19mdk) to make sure sound supportw as
installed and
> told it to include modules for every possible sound card.
>
> Running sndconfig doesn't seem to find anything at all. I manually select
the
> "Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370 (SoundBlaster 64/128 PCI)" selection and it added
this
> line to /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias sound es1370
>
> When it tries to play the sample (and also on bootup) I get this error:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.9-19mdk/misc/es1370.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
>
> I'm *this* close to losing Windows 95/98/NT forever ... if I can only get
this
> sound card working. I downloaded the four updates from the
linux-mandrake.com
> site and installed all four, recompiled the kernel again, rebuilt the
modules
> and rebooted and still nothing.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> ---
> Ian Douglas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
