On Wednesday 11 April 2001 11:53 pm, you wrote:
> OK, here's the problem. I bought a Compaq Presario (I know, first mistake
> ;-))5834 about a year ago. Now way back then, I didn't know anything about
> the evils of integrated soundcards, vid cards, or anything else. By now I
> do, but I still am not sure what to do about this: I just bought a
> Soundblaster Live! Platinum 5.1, which absolutely rocks in
> Winbitesmyfatwhiteass, but doesn't work in Linux right now.
>
> Now, I believe theres a conflict, because when I disabled the stock
> integrated soundcard (with help from Compaq Tech Support), I did it from
> Safe Mode, not the BIOS. When I booted into Linux, Kudzu detected and
> configured the SB Live!, but when I look at Harddrake, I can see both the
> SB Live! and the old one (ESS Solo1 Audiodrive). And when Linux is booting
> up, I see it saying its starting sound module es1933 or something like
> that, which I believe is the ESS soundcard.
>
> Can anyone tell me what to do about this?
>
> Thanks! :-)
I have the same problem with my soundcard. I have a Compaq Presario 2266.
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Jay
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