Did you look at modules.conf? (I think that's what it's called) sndconf
should have made a backup of it. That was all that was needed to take
that OPL3 module out (I think).
Fred
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 2:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] NOT Autostart/Template
>
>
> I was installing one of the last migrations yesterday. Almost all our
> computers here now run linux and StarOffice instead of
> Windows/MSOffice/ClarisWorks etc. The one I was working on was the
> Borough Clerk who was resistant to the idea of switching OSes, mainly
> because she had over 800 files in ClarisWorks and no
> conversion program
> save Claris itself --having to read fiiles in Claris, and save them as
> Richest Text Format.
>
> I gave her a macro key to simplify procedures so all she would have to
> do is hit f9 and click on the file name and Claris would do the rest,
> but still the conversions are nowhere near complete. I made hers
> dual-boot with a copy of Win98 that knows nothing of how the
> network is
> rigged and has no internet connection route.
>
> Well, we set up the computer, changed the user number and group number
> of the files in her home directory to match the workgroup
> server, set up
> nfs shares, set up dos shares, installed StarOffice, installed Acrobat
> reader, installed WordPerfect, added icons, applinks and mimelinks and
> mime types so SO would pop up when someone clicked on an msword file,
> and Acroreader would open when someone clicked on a *.pdf
> file (and not
> PS Viewer). Then an extra hdd was added /dev/hdd and all her
> old *.cwk
> files were saved there. More mounts were created to allow dos to open
> under her user and group number on both her dual boot disk
> and the added
> hdd in rw mode.
>
> The time was getting long, but everything was going well. Now
> Webmin-0.74 was put into place to allow future updates to be
> set up from
> a different seat. And we were almost done.
>
> I ran sndconfig in single mode and I got a very sluggish
> Linus. In fact
> he was recorded at 78 and played back at 33-1/3.
>
> Oops. Not a great sound card. No problem. I popped it out and tried
> another. Now I got an error message about /lib/modules/misc/opl3.so2:
> init: or words to that effect.
>
> pnpdump, and rm came to mind and were applied. conf.modules
> was edited.
>
> Still trying to load the module and init.... The ghost of the Yamaha
> chipset was with me.
>
> Restart--Wow--tried to load during boot Well, where is it
> coming from?
>
> SysV init used to move all sound startups to inactive. And STILL we
> have the opl3 trying to load....
>
> Now it looks like I need something to find text in a text file, if it
> IS text in a text file.... I look at the clock... This is taking too
> long.
>
> Her /dev/hda is like this
>
> /dev/hda1 /dos #810 Mb vfat
> /dev/hda2 /boot #23 Mb
> /dev/hda3 swap #120 Mb
> /dev/hda5 /usr #1200 Mb Acrobat reader is here,
> #also all the new applinks
> and mimelinks (templates for loading)
> /dev/hda6 / #200 Mb
> /dev/hda7 /var #54 Mb
> /dev/hda8 /tmp #54 Mb
> /dev/hda9 /root #54 Mb
> /dev/hda10 /opt # 508 Mb WP here and SO main files
> here for net install
> /dev/hda11 /usr/local # 508 Mb WebMin is here
> /dev/hda12 /home #580 Mb Special mounts and
> Workstation
> installs
> /dev/hdd1 /home/valarie/mywindowsfiles #3G vfat
>
> So what to do?
>
> I dropped in the Mandrake 6.1 Install CD and did a shutdown -r now
>
> When it came up, I called for a new install
>
> I used Disk Druid to put the mount map back in
> and I called for a format of / ONLY, and the packages I had installed
> before.
>
> 7 minutes later I was using linuxconf to configure the two dos and two
> nfs mounts, then I ran sndconfig on an Ensoniq 1371 and was done. I
> double-checked mime types, permissions, etc. All seemed to be
> preserved, but the opl3 ghost module was gone.
>
> I suppose I could have found the problem in time, but the
> time it would
> have taken .... Well, the careful planning of the job paid off in an
> unexpected way.
>
>
>
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