Re: [newbie] soundcard help

2001-04-29 Thread Walter Luffman

On Sunday 29 April 2001 03:48 pm, Harry Kim wrote:
 hi i am having problems with my sb16 sound card... im running mandrake
 7.2
 when i run sndconfig i get the following error when it tries to play a
 test sound

 modprobe error

 The following error occured running the modprobe program:

 /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource
 busy
 /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod
 /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o failed
 /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed


 any help or suggestions would be helpful

I had a similar problem using the same soundcard under Mandrake 7.2.  The 
This is Linux Torvalds ...  message would try to play, but cut off in the 
middle of the first syllable.  Sometimes the .WAV file would play properly, 
sometimes it wouldn't.  The problem seems to be that sndconfig would select 
settings that *almost* worked -- they should be valid, but probably 
conflicted with some other hardware.

I found that if you tell sndconfig that everything is okay, then rerun 
sndconfig (sometimes two or three times) eventually it would configure my 
soundcard properly.  Remember, do *not* tell sndconfig that the configuration 
is wrong, just accept them -- and then run it again.  Apparently sndconfig 
looks at the previous settings and tries something different from its list of 
acceptable settings.

Always log into a text session as root before running sndconfig, of course.
-- 
Walter Luffman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]Medina, TN USA
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RE: [newbie] soundcard help

2001-04-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez


There are probably modules already loaded in memory causing the error you
are seeing.

You need to first unload the memory resident modules...

Try

# lsmod

to list them.

Unload all sound related modules...

I.E.

# rmmod soundcore

etc. Make sure you get the MPU module(s) too. You need to remove them all
for soundconf to work properly.

If you are getting an error message while attempting to remove one, then it
is likely that you need to first remove a child module first, and try the
same one again.

Afterwards try running soundconfig again.

-JMS

-Original Message-
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Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 4:49 PM
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Subject: [newbie] soundcard help


hi i am having problems with my sb16 sound card... im running mandrake
7.2
when i run sndconfig i get the following error when it tries to play a
test sound

modprobe error

The following error occured running the modprobe program:

/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed


any help or suggestions would be helpful
thanks
harry