On Fri, 05 Jul 2002 13:15:54 -0400 panjur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a FIC VA-503+ motherboard ( most current BIOS update ), with a > K6-1 300MHZ, 128MB SDRAM @ 100MHZ, Prromise ATA-100 pci card/ hde1 30GB > ata100 harddisk primary drive, ATI 98 pci 16MB ram. and a dead soundcard > ALA4000 ( ALSA not supported ). The ALS-4000 based PCI soundcards should be supported by LM8.2: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Module snd-card-als4000.o ------------------------ Module for ALS-4000 PCI soundcards ..... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above is from: /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/alsa-driver-0.5.12a/INSTALL , contained in the kernel-source-2.4.18-6mdk RPM on your CD's :) Note: the ALSA 0.5.x series is deprecated, see http://www.alsa-project.org . > I wished to change the soundcard from the unsupported ALA to and older > ESS1688, and when I changed the card the system would not reboot! I even > treid to remove just the ALA , alone without adding the ESS, and it just > sits at the intial boot screen 'Swanse', proceeds to the harddrive line > and comes to a halt. I treid to rescue, and upgrade and get the same > results. But the original hardware configuration (when restored) works? > I must state this was not a painless ugrade from 8.1, the patch file > commands (both the "patch" and 'nonpentium' produced no results, on a > lark I tried and succeded with 'nonauto'!) > What form of witchcarft command and or ritual must I perform to get the > pci card out and reinstall the isa in? Where Oh where is Kudzu? [frans@amd frans]$ whereis kudzu kudzu: /usr/sbin/kudzu /usr/share/kudzu /usr/share/man/man8/kudzu.8.bz2 [frans@amd frans]$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/kudzu kudzu-0.99.23-4mdk [frans@amd frans]$ <grin> > The system has provided rock solid since I upgraded ( with only a few > minor querks ) > Thanks panjur Good luck! -Frans
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