On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> So the Drakconf found your card?
> Isa heh? ;-)
>
Here's what harddrake shows for it. To tell the truth tho, I set
it up in 6, 6.1, 7.0 with 'sndconfig' run from a level 3 prompt
logged in as root. I can't remember for sure, but I believe 7.1
setup it up automagically, ie., I didn't need to run 'sndconfig'
Vendor: Creative Labs
Model: SoundBlaster AWE64(c)
Bus type: ISA
MPU401: yes
DMA2/16: yes
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~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > Ok. Try running the hardware configuration from Darkconf. See
> > > if it detects your soundcard. Do you have sound in kde?
> > >
> >
> > Works fine. I should have mentioned I have an ISA SB AWE64.
> > This is just my opinion, but I think it's fairly realistic. All
> > the combinations (actually permutations) of motherboards/chipsets,
> > ram, cpu's, pci/isa cards, HDD's, etc. It's amazing how much of it
> > any OS manages to get working at all.
> >
> > I've built every computer I've ever had (~10), and overclocked
> > 'em. I tend to stay away from hardware that's just out, eg,
> > Athlon/VIA, any Intel motherboard other than a BX chipset (like
> > i8<whatever> ) and buy quality parts. I'd never even consider
> > video/sound/modem/etc built into a motherboard. I rarely have
> > hardware related problems. I also stay away from hyped up things
> > like AGP and ATA/66. The performance increase they claim is mostly
> > smoke and mirrors, the system errors they can introduce can be
> > devastating. About all I'll say about ready mades (like Dell,
> > Gateway, etc) is I have a very low opinion about their quality and
> > versatility.
> >
> > I'm currently running a p3-450 at 608mhz, 256mb ram at 135mhz
> > cas2, pci voodo3 (oc'd to 178mhz in W98), IBM 7200rpm HDD's run on
> > ata/33 ..... no problems
> > --
> > ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > > > With your soundblaster first thing is do you have "PNP OS" enabled in
> > > > > your bios? If so, it won't work.
> > > >
> > > > Not here. I run a Soyo 6ba+III with an AWE64. In both Windows
> > > > and Linux I never have set the bios (Award 4.51) to enable 'png os'.
> > > > I believe setting 'png' and 'ACPI' disabled solves a lot of problems
> > > > for both OS's. I've set up my SB several times with 'sndconfig' run
> > > > from a level 3 (eg., NOT in X) console as root.
> > > > --
> > > > ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: BrewMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: linux-mandrake newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 1:30 AM
> > > > > Subject: [newbie] Sound Blaster Install problems, Gnome desktop acting
> > > > > wierd?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I just installed Mandrke complete 7.0 a couple of days ago. I am still
> > > > > > trying to get the hang of it. There are a couple of things that I am
> > > > > > wondering about so far.
> > > > > > 1 - I can't get my Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE64 to work. I dropped
> > > > > > to another session as root, used both sndconfig and soundconfig, but
> > > > > > neither gets the card to work. sndconfig hangs after saying it finds a
> > > > > > pnp soundcard, and soundconfig says the device is busy. I used the same
> > > > > > settings for address, IRQ and DMA that show up on my computers boot
> > > > > > sequence in soundconfig.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2 - There are about 4 icons that have disappeared from my desktop in
> > > > > > Gnome, including the autostart, trash, and a couple others. They
> > > > > > are present on a directory listing on a terminal session, and show up on
> > > > > > a KDE session. They seem to sporadically pop up, and I can't see any
> > > > > > reproducible actions I have made that do this. I can't figure this out.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for the thoughts. I am sure more questions will come with time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ken
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
