--- Ben Kal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2 Jun 2003 "Gary L. Dolan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 12:28:45AM +0100, Ben Kal > wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> Do some of you know more about the following > inconvenience I have > >> with sound on my Linux machine: > >> sound works fine if I boot directly into Linux > after power-on, > >> and if I reboot from Linux back > into Linux; > >> sound does not work at all after rebooting into > Linux from Windows. > >> In Windows sound works under all circumstances. > > > I remember having this problem, unfortunately I > cannot remember how I > > corrected it. I used to boot linux with Loadlin. > When I got this box > > (which is now a number of years old), this same > problem began. It appeared > > that Windows had a problem releasing the IRQ, so > the only solution was a > > hard reboot. I <think> the problem was cleared up > when I switched to grub > > as a boot manager. > > Thanks, you were the only one who had something > useful to say on this. > As no further reactions are forthcoming I consider > this little thread closed > with the following conclusions: > - Windows (Windows 2000 at least, that's the variant > on my laptop) somehow > keeps a grip on the sound card even after it has > been stopped, possibly by > "not releasing the IRQ"; > - switching to grub as boot manager may solve the > problem; > - otherwise there is nothing but a hard reboot if > yow want sound in Linux. > > Thanks again, > Ben Since this is the first that I saw this, have you tried to add your sound driver to /etc/modules . In my /etc/modules I have ac97_codec, soundcore, pci-scan, tulip all on their own line. That causes those modules to load at boot up. HTH Don
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