On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> For the first time, I have come across something that completely stumps me. I
> have just installed, for a friend, 6.0 with all the updates. The system, in
> general, works well, with, so far, only one bug(if you want to call it that).
> He has an ESS sound card, whereby he ran isapnp to set it up. His WinModem card
> is also(of course) picked up by isapnp. Unfortunately, if he kept the modem
> uncommented, his souncard doesn't work. Once commented out, the soudcard works.
> But a problem has arisen. Playing an audio CD works as it should, but playing
> any mp3 file through kmpg or Xamp, the soundfile gets slowed down. It gets run
> at a slower speed. Has anyone heard of this ever happening? I use kde on my own
> machine, and have never come across such a thing. I'm using PCIAudio. Is it
> possible that the isapnp is causing this? I doubt it, but maybe there's
> something I'm missing.
> Can anyone help, or direct me to where I can get more info? I checked the
> HOWTOs already, so that hasn't helped.
> Thanks for any help given.
>
Yank the WinModem and get an ISA modem that is NOT a
WinModem or get an external modem. I'll almost guarantee
that if you get rid of the software modem your problems
will vanish!
John
