[lug] sound & modem irq??

[D. Stimits]

Jason Davis wrote:
> 
> i have my sound card working now....i had to turn the plug and pray bios
> off(duh!!!) then just insmod cs4281..but when i restart computer i have to
> insmod again. is ther a way to make cs4281 a permanet module??
>                                            jd   jd_480 at hotmail.com

If core sound support is as a module, then the sound module can have a
"probeall" or "pre-install" line naming the relevant modules in
/etc/modules.conf for the char-major-## device number (possibly an alias
too). If support for the char-major number is non-modular, then the
specific devices loaded under that major number can't be autoloaded by
any kernel style module loader. In that case you'd add the insmod line
to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. I don't know off hand which major
number is associated with generic sound support, but it must be a
character device (I recently ran into the same problem for joystick
module loading, and recompiled the kernel to make generic support for
that type of interface as a module, now I can get the kernel module
autoloading to work).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> >
> >Jason Davis wrote:
> > >
> > > so the big problem i had was my jumpers on my mother board...i turned
> > > the internal sound switch off thinking it would just turn the internal
> > > speaker off....it actually  turned off the internal sound card>>duh!!!
> > > so i have sound back in winblows and hardrake sees my card..its a
> > > crytstal sound fusion cs4281. now when i try <isnod cs4281> or
> > > <modprobe cs4281> i get the reply that device is busy??? I would like
> > > to get the card to work, but if its easier and still realitvly cheap i
> > > dont mind geting a new soundcard...any suggestions? (at least i know i
> > > can disable the built in one now...ha,ha)
> >
> >During bootup the sound card hardware was not initialized. That can be
> >for a whole lot of reasons. You could be using the wrong module, or not
> >passing the right parameter to it, or maybe something else took it's irq
> >when it was disabled, and now that other item needs to be forced
> >elsewhere. Your friend here is a careful inspection of
> >/var/log/messages, dmesg output, /proc/pci (assuming it is pci, which it
> >probably is if integrated), and lspci -v. setpci or module options might
> >help get it back on track. I don't know that particular hardware, so I
> >can't be more specific.
> >
> >D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> >
> 
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