[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have some funkiness happening. > Does the new kernel have automatic support for isapnp cards? > The reason I ask is, I was having some trouble with modconf,etc... > Perhaps you will recall the thread posted > > Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.d > > Well... > while attempting to resolve some boot-time error msgs with isapnp, > (i renamed isapnp.conf and rebooted) i discovered to my delight that > my PnP modem still functioned and that ALL the error msgs regarding > both 'isapnp' and 'modules.conf' had been eliminated. The only weird > part is, it didn't find my PnP soundcard. Still... > :) > Mind you, I also downgraded the 'modconf' and 'modutils' packages to > modconf 0.2.26 > modutils 2.3.5-1 > Can somebody explain what I have done right so that I may duplicate > this in the future? > :) > Thanks, > > bw > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
No - isapnp isn't built in with your kernel. It is coming with the 2.3.x dev kernel but most of the drivers have still to be rewritten to take advantage of the new feature (or so I read somewhere....) Is your PnP modem an internal or external one? If it's external, isapnp will make no difference. If it's internal, it may be that your PC's bios is configuring it for you (this might happen if you have a setting in the bios "PnP OS Installed" set to "No"). This might also be the cause of your soundcard problems. The Bios can only go so far with configuring isapnp devices - it can handle something simple like a modem (just an irq and base i/o), but throw something e.g. an Awe64 at it and it will fail. This failed attempt to configure the card in Bios can render it uncofigurable by isapnptools. Suggest you set "PnP OS Installed" to "Yes" if this is your problem, meaning that the bios will NOT attempt to configure isapnp cards, leaving it to your OS (in Linux' case, to isapnptools) to sort things out. The isapnptools FAQ says this, but not explicitly, in fact it's very vague about the matter, however at one point it does say that you should NOT have your bios attempt to configure the card. The way to do this is to set PnP OS Option to yes. When you do this, and replace your isapnp.conf file, do you get any error messages during boot? You should also upgrade your modconf / modutils files and try to fix them properly. The only way to get your soundcard to work is to get isapnptools working again..... Jonathan.
