just go to /etc/modules and drop in your module's proper name. in my case: esssolo1, 
and make sure your Sound server is set to Autodetect or OSS. restart the server. no 
big deal.


<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>You are running cooker,
>so if you have problems, please report them in a nice way.
>This might actually work better than the rant below.
>Also, I think someone replied to your previous message
>already, and you did't even see that?
>
>Danny
>
>
>On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Tom Whiting wrote:
>
>> Ok, 3rd time's the charm MAYBE.
>> Unfortunately, my patience with Mandrake has reached an end. Certain 
>> applications require play (/usr/bin/play), which **gasp** someone decided to 
>> play with?
>> 
>> Once again (for the third time), how do I get this configured to WORK 
>> correctlY? Considering someone up there decided they knew everything and that 
>> they should mess with something that worked PERFECTLY, it is now up to that 
>> someone to respond.
>> 
>> Certain applications rely on play (again /usr/bin/play), some actually rely on 
>> the OSS drivers. Some are even ((gasp)) binary applications meaning they CAN 
>> NOT be changed.  One VERY common application like that is crossover. Since 
>> the change, NOTHING for sound has come out of that.. -=THAT=- is enough to 
>> drive me back to a decent OS that actually (gasp) WORKS out of the box and 
>> doesn't mess with that which WORKS correctly (sound for one). Applications 
>> like this, I gladly (GLADLY) pay for. Applications that don't provide basic 
>> driver support, or half assed support for said drivers I pay nothing for. 
>> Applications (or operating systems)  that refuse to LISTEN to what their 
>> users are saying I pay nothing for, and no attention to.
>> 
>> Since I started using Mandrake, I have seen nothing but problems. Failure to 
>> unmount devices properly, failure to do many things properly. Now, this just 
>> takes the cake. You take a driver that WAS working, and you trash it. For 
>> WHAT reason? So, those of us that REQUIRE the drivers for this card are told 
>> what, to go buy a new card? I don't think so!!
>> 
>> I realize that life as a tech is damn near impossible (I AM one), but I also 
>> realize that there is NO reason to "fix" something or "modify" somthing that 
>> works 100%, which up untill this last release sound HAS done. Now, someone, 
>> PLEASE explain to me why I all of the sudden have HALF ASSED sound support 
>> (right out of the box mind you). I'd LOVE to hear the explanation for this.
>> 
>> 
>
>
>


-- 
Dean F Owensby - 
Norfolk, Virginia USA -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -
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