It looks as if isa_pnp is linked into the kernel:
#
# Plug and Play configuration
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
CONFIG_PNPBIOS=y

 -- Bjarne

Eric Paynter wrote:
> 
> OK. lsmod returns nothing that seems related to sound. Here is the output:
> 
> ........
> [root@europa etc]# lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> binfmt_misc             6208   1
> nfsd                   70464   8  (autoclean)
> lockd                  51440   1  (autoclean) [nfsd]
> sunrpc                 66480   1  (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
> lp                      5808   0
> parport_pc             20240   1
> parport                24768   1  [lp parport_pc]
> af_packet              12560   0  (autoclean)
> usb-uhci               21232   0  (unused)
> usbcore                50752   1  [usb-uhci]
> tulip                  36400   1  (autoclean)
> nls_iso8859-1           2880   1  (autoclean)
> ntfs                   49776   1  (autoclean)
> rtc                     5600   0  (autoclean)
> ext3                   63084   1
> jbd                    39168   1  [ext3]
> ........
> 
> So I can't unload anything. I went into the Control Center and when I try to
> test the card, I get "modprobe: Can't locate module isa-pnp". I scanned my
> HDD and sure enough there is no module by that name... I can't find any rpm
> on the CD that claims to have that file either. Now I'm really confused. Does
> Mdk8.1 not support isa-pnp anymore? That doesn't make sense so I must have
> missed something. This was a pretty vanilla install. I just chose
> "recommended" and selected all the workstation stuff and none of the server
> stuff so I can't imagine that I "decided" not to install it.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Eric
> 
> On October 27, 2001 12:04 pm, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> > A frequent mistake people make when using sndconfig is NOT first
> > clearing the existing sound modules from RAM.
> >
> > If you don't clear them sndconfig cannot load them again, since they
> > already exist and interfere with the new load (unless you happen to have
> > two identical boards).
> >
> > Under LM8.1 sndconfig does not fully configure many sound cards. The
> > Mandrake Control Panel does a MUCH BETTER job.
> >
> > Remove all sound related modules from RAM
> >
> > "lsmod"
> >
> > "rmmod sound" etc.
> >
> > If rmmod states that a mod is busy, there is another module which must
> > be removed first...
> >
> > Get rid of all of them then go into the control panel and configure your
> > card from their.
> >
> > Reboot (yeah really, restarting the sound daemon does not seem to give
> > you all the new device entries).
> >
> > Use AUXMIX to turn up all the mixer values and go back into the
> > KDEcontrol Panel and "Save" the mixer state, so that things get
> > automatically set upon the next boot.
> >
> > The KDEcontrol panel modifies the ALSA-CTL files which are used at boot.
> >
> > -JMS
> >
> > |-----Original Message-----
> > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric Paynter
> > |Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:40 PM
> > |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > |Subject: [expert] SB AWE64 failing to load - Mandrake 8.1
> > |
> > |
> > |I recently upgraded (read: re-installed) to Mandrake 8.1.
> > |Since then, my
> > |sound card has not been working. The sound card was working fine under
> > |Mandrake 8.0 and still works when I boot to Win98SE. It's a
> > |Creative SB AWE64.
> > |
> > |When I run sndconfig, it first says:
> > |
> > |........
> > |ISAPNP Probe Results
> > |
> > | A ISAPNP sound card was found in
> > | your system. The details are:
> > |
> > |      Model: Creative SB AWE64
> > | PnP:Audio
> > |........
> > |
> > |OK. All looks good so far. Hit OK for the sound sample, and I get:
> > |
> > |........
> > |modprobe error
> > |
> > | The following error occurred running the modprobe program:
> > |
> > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > | init_module: No such device
> > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod
> > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz failed
> > | /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod
> > | sound-slot-0 failed ........
> > |
> > |OK. Not so good... It spits me into manual config and I try a zillion
> > |combinations for IRQ/IO/DMA including those which work for
> > |Win98 and still,
> > |the same thing comes out. Also, I'm not sure if this is
> > |relavent, but when I
> > |probe the driver with insmod, it returns unresolved symbols.
> > |Is this supposed
> > |to happen? Maybe my sb.o is corrupt?
> > |
> > |........
> > |[eric@europa eric]$ /sbin/insmod -p sb
> > |Using /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz
> > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > |unresolved symbol
> > |probe_sbmpu_Rddc8ad00
> > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > |unresolved symbol
> > |smw_free_R450f9aea
> > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > |unresolved symbol
> > |sb_dsp_detect_Rd8a2731c
> > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > |unresolved symbol
> > |sb_dsp_unload_Rc4884969
> > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > |unresolved symbol
> > |unload_sbmpu_R74afd69c
> > |/lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz:
> > |unresolved symbol
> > |sb_dsp_init_Re986438b
> > |........
> > |
> > |
> > |Thanks for any help getting this working,
> > |
> > |-Eric
> > |
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