Did you compile sound support directly into the kernel, or as a module. pnptools needs to initialize the card before the driver kernel grabs it, which means that you need to compile it as a module.
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:25:20AM +0100, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > I have a Creative Labs AWE64 (ISA PnP) card, and I'm having a bit of trouble > getting it configured in Debian. > > I have re-compiled my kernal (2.0.36) to include the appropriate sound > support, and I have also set up the pnptools (via pnpdump) to initialise the > card at boot. > > The problem seems to be that the initialisation of the card (via PnP) takes > place after the sound support from the kernal has loaded. What I get at boot > is the message that sound support is being initialised, but no cards are > picked up in the kernal drivers. Later on in the boot process, the PnP tools > initialise the card with no errors. > > I would like to hear from anyone who has has experience with getting the > AWE64 working under Debian as I don't know what to do next - the only other > option is to boot DOS and load the DOS drivers, then boot Debian.