Here's what happened:
I installed a new video card (ATI 9200SE) and upgraded my memory from 128MB to 640MB on a brand new Dell Poweredge 400SC running Mandrake 9.2. When I rebooted the computer, my ethernet adaptor and sound card were suddenly missing. I looked in /dev/sound and the mixer (and everything else) device is gone, and I had to use drakeconf to reinstall my networking. In retrospect, I assume it had something to do with the fact that I replaced the default PCI video card (Rage XL) with an AGP card. I'm tempted to smoke this box (as there's nothing critical on it) and try to repeat the process to see if that is indeed what happened, or if it was a one time glitch.
So, I have 2 questions about my situation:
1) Anyone know how to get X windows to recognize the new ATI 9200? Drakeconf will only start if I set it up as a VESA compliant vid card. I installed the Linux driver from the ATI web site but it did not help.
2) How the h*** do i reinstall /dev/sound/mixer and anything else ALSA might need. I have reinstalled ALSA but that did not help. Anyone know the mknod command for it, or what I need to reinstall to fix this?
Here's things I've tried:
1) Reinstalling any RPM that had the word ALSA, sound, or mixer in the file name or description
2) Installed the enterprise kernel to try to get devfs to correct the problem automatically.
3) Disabling the sound card, starting Linux, rebooting, and then re-enabling the sound card (through BIOS, it's an onboard AC'97 sound system). Thought maybe Linux might detect it as new hardware, but nope.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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