George, Join the club! I have a SB pro on a machine and ran into the same problem. I am compiling a list of kernels now, but will get it fixed later on.
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > Following the identification of a subtle bug in kernel-package which > prefres custom.1.0 instead of custom-1.0 in the command syntax I managed > to recompile my kernel succesfully without sound. When I set the sound > card option to yes in the .config file my recompile breaks down giving > errors about not being able to find some sound drivers. I only want the > generic sound card support since when I put the SoundBlaster option to yes > I get some requests for hardware details which I don't know how to fill > If I leave the default values I get some sort of infinite loop . > Is it possible to recompile a kernel with only the generic sound support > on ? If it is what am I doing wrong ? If it isn't and I must set the > hardware options can I get those values from a proc file or through some > command since my documentation is not good enough ? > Any help will be greatly appreciated. This is one of the two reasons I > recompiled my kernel anyway. > > Thanks > George > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Kapetanios > Churchill College > Cambridge, CB3 0DS > U.K. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul Wade - Greenbush Technologies Corporation http://www.greenbush.com/cds.html Linux CD's sent worldwide