[lug] sound & modem irq??

[D. Stimits]

Jason Davis wrote:
> 
> i have a e-machine running mandrake7.2. i just installed a external modem.
> the modem works fine!!(my first linox box..im using netzero and juno as my
> isp!!!)however since the modem install i have lost the soundcard on my
> winblows partion and on linux...my linux install is recent, so i had never
> got my sooundcard configed. but hardrake saw it and listed it....since my
> souncard is not on the list or detectable by harddrake. My soundcard is a
> cirrus crystal..its was working fine in winblows ...now its no where to be
> found and is undetectable. also...souncard is built in...i tried to load the
> driver maual by mopprobe and insmod it said error...bussy. PLEASE HELP..NO
> MP3s!!!
> IM DYING OVER HERE!!
> 
>                                                  Thanks,
>                                                  jd_480 at hotmail.com
>                                                   jason davis

Additional note on setupd. Often the "busy" error means the hardware was
not initialized. The fact that installing the modem broke sound makes me
wonder if there was a conflict between the mode of connection (such as
serial port or usb controller) of the modem and the sound. Hard to tell
though without more information, especially on the hardware. One thing
that might be a useful test, provided you have more than one place you
can plug your modem in, e.g., maybe you have two serial ports and can
move the modem from one to the other, moving it to a different slot and
observing whether it alters the failure in some way (moving it over
would alter the hardware resources it uses).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com