On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, WH Bouterse wrote:
> At some point several days ago a perfectly functioning L-M 6.1, with
> AWE32
> ceased to function. As frequently happens I assumed it was only a
> permission problem. Many of you helped me out and offered many ideas
> and suggestion.
> I very much appreciate your help.!!!
> Permissions were only part of it.
>
> At some point the /etc/isapnp.conf was corrupted
> I have no idea how or why this happened. reboot gave me new strange
> dmesg errors
> Re: Sound and isapnp.conf errors.
>
> Bizarre uncommented lines whcih should have been commented out appeared.
> Commenting these back out and rebooting (There is a way to do this
> without always rebooting but I never remember), FINALLY at least gave me
> sound in root.
> Now we get to the permissions probs and PAM but thats another post!
>
> I still get a "SB16: Bad or missing 16 bit DMA channel" which was never
> there
> before but at least Sound was back.
from isapnp, or from the sound module?
> If anyone can shed any Light on this one it would be appreciated. This
> has NEVER
> happened in several years of Linux stumbling :-) (with a variety of Snd
> Cards)
> What would cause isapnp.conf to change unbeknownst to me?
Are you sure it was the file that changed (as in some comment was no
longer a comment), and that it wasn't just PnP bios being a b**ch and
changeing things cause it felt like it. Restroom breaks with toddlers
present has been known to cause such things also :)
> William Bouterse
> Juneau, Alaska
>
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