The only thing I can think of is to see if there is a setting in the BIOS to change your sound card IRQ. My guess it would be in the PCI section. "Device or Resource Busy" is an IRQ conflict. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Sounak Sinha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:14:02 -0700 >Hi guys, >I have been struggling to get my sound card working with Mandrake 7.1. >This sound card is on board and is part of the Southbridge (Via 82c686). >This particular chip is reported to be supported. > >What I believe is the problem is IRQ sharing. This card is sharing IRQs >(IRQ 9) with the USB controller. Although there are quite a few IRQs >vacant(like IRQ5), I dont know how to move the IRQ from 9 to 5 under >Linux. Anyone with any help on this ? > >This is with stock 2.2.15 SMP kernel. Sometimes with 2.4.0test8 kernel >I can get my sound card to work, but just barely. I can listen to Audio >CDs. Change the volume using the mixer; but momemt I try to play a >RealAudio clip, the sound gets all locked up and the first syllable >keeps repeating. > >I also tried with the latest OSS files, after installing those(what a >pain !!! told me Mandrake was not a supported kernel) I could play my >audio cds fine but had problems with .ra files again. OSS actually >warned me since the card was sharing IRQs there could be problems. > >So what is the solution here ? Can anyone help ? Anyone with any >experience with the Redhat install ? Could you get sound working >flawlessly ? > >I tried with both setting on the motherboard - Soundblaster mode on >(part 1) and Soundblaster mode off (part 2). The boot.log messages from >Part 1 and 2 are appended below. > >Any help is highly appreciated ! > >Thanks > >Sounak > >PART 1 >======= >Sep 20 18:29:25 xxx rc.sysinit: Mounting loopback filesystems succeeded >Sep 20 18:29:25 xxx rc.sysinit: Turning on user and group quotas for >local filesystems succeeded >Sep 20 18:29:25 xxx rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space succeeded >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--------- >Sep 20 18:29:37 xxx modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o: >init_module: Device or resource busy >Sep 20 18:29:37 xxx modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o: >insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o failed >Sep 20 18:29:37 xxx sound: Loading sound module (via82cxxx) failed >Sep 20 18:29:37 xxx modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o: >insmod via82cxxx failed >Sep 20 18:29:37 xxx mandrake_everytime: Building Window Manager Sessions >succeeded >Sep 20 18:29:46 xxx kudzu: succeeded >Sep 20 18:29:46 xxx modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o: >init_module: Device or resource busy >Sep 20 18:29:46 xxx modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o: >Sep 20 18:29:46 xxx modprobe: insmod >/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o failed >Sep 20 18:29:46 xxx modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/sb.o: >insmod via82cxxx failed >Sep 20 18:29:46 xxx sound: Loading sound module (via82cxxx) failed >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- >Sep 20 18:29:47 xxx sysctl: error: 'net.ipv4.tcp_timestamp' is an >unknown key >Sep 20 18:29:47 xxx network: Setting network parameters succeeded >============================================================================ >====== > >PART 2 >======= >Sep 20 18:48:02 xxx kudzu: succeeded >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Sep 20 18:48:02 xxx modprobe: >/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/via82cxxx.o: init_module: Device or >resource busy >Sep 20 18:48:02 xxx modprobe: >/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/via82cxxx.o: insmod >/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/via82cxxx.o failed >Sep 20 18:48:02 xxx modprobe: >/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/misc/via82cxxx.o: insmod via82cxxx failed >Sep 20 18:48:02 xxx sound: Loading sound module (via82cxxx) failed >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Sep 20 18:48:03 xxx sysctl: error: 'net.ipv4.tcp_timestamp' is an >unknown key >Sep 20 18:48:03 xxx network: Setting network parameters succeeded > > >
