Hi VERSION (rsync sunsite.no) Linux-Mandrake Cooker-i586 20010311 20:15 /ChangeLog/1.451/Fri Mar 9 02:21:48 2001// Installation went nice. Bootdisk: ( I have a hard disk like; swap, boot, /, /home reiser=/ other partitions. I used grub, without using the boot partition, that is I opted for the bootloader to be installed on /dev/fd0, went nice and booted fine. After having added ALL:ALL to hosts.deny I tried to initiate my soundcard and was met by when running sndconfig: 'You don't seem to be running a kernel with modular sound enabled (soundcore.o was not found in the module search path) &c. [guran@Archimedes guran]$ locate soundcore /lib/modules/2.4.2-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o.gz excerpt from ddebug.log Starting CUPS printing system: [ OK ] * missing module parport_probe * running: /usr/bin/insmod_ 2> /dev/tty5 -f /tmp/lp.o * running: rmmod parport_probe rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded * starting step `createBootdisk' * to put in modules scsi_hostadapter scsi_hostadapter1 * running: /usr/bin/insmod_ 2> /dev/tty5 -f /tmp/loop.o * running: mkbootdisk --noprompt --appendargs hdd=ide-scsi --device /dev/fd0 2.4.2-10mdk with root /mnt mke2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 Fatal: open /dev/fd0: No such file or directory * step `createBootdisk' finished * running: chkconfig --del gpm with root /mnt error reading information on service gpm: No such file or directory >From dmesg: Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds. isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: Calling quirk for 01:00 isapnp: SB audio device quirk - increasing port range isapnp: Calling quirk for 01:02 isapnp: AWE32 quirk - adding two ports isapnp: Card 'Creative SB AWE64 PnP' isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total Do I really need the fine sndconfig when it seems to be correctly detected? Still no LyX or Klyx loaded or xfig . regards guran