at that point, my wife asked me if she could use the internet. she isn't too keen on linux and i force her to use it. (no ms windows on my computer.) but she does get very agitated when she can not use the computer. i thought that i could save the sound installation for another day.
i decided to re-compile my kernel to start fresh. after re-compiling, i restarted my computer and got to lilo. after lilo, it displays something like:
loading Gentoo_Gaming .............................................................................
but then freezes.
i popped in the gentoo 1.4 cd, emerged gentoo-gaming source, and recompiled. i rebooted and receive the same thing.
i noticed when running genkernel a line with "mrproper" is displayed. this line is not included in the output example in the gentoo installation instructions. "make mrproper" is a step in the alsa installation directions. could this be the culprit?
i'm not familiar at all with kernel compiling or module compiling. at this point, i just want to get my computer to work again. perhaps there is some residual stuff that was left over from my botched sound card driver installation.
computer information:
gigabyte nforce2 256 MB ram 30 gig hard drive nvidia GeForce 4400 gentoo-gaming kernel (default) lilo boot
i used gentoo-gaming because otherwise my computer would have a kernel panic in the middle of the boot up sequence. the gentoo-gaming default kernel was working on my machine for several weeks before i decided to mess around with the sound. i didn't change any configuration files other than trying to install the sound drivers.
thank you in advance for any and all assistance.
andrew
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