Dear All, I have been having a long struggle getting my ethernet, sound, and printing all working at the same time. I have studied all relevant files, how-to's, and asked many questions but so far no answer that has worked. I do have a clue now. My sound module is not loaded when I start up. It worked fine in 7, 7.2 and 8 but now in 8.1 it only works when I put sb into the /etc/modules file. After I do that then my printer does not work. My printer and ethernet work just fine without sound but the printer and sound will not work together so far. This tells me there must be a conflict somewhere however I cannot tell where it is. I have checked the /proc/ioports, interrupts, and dma files as well as all others that could be relevant yet cannot find the conflict. This has been so baffling. I have the ESS1868 sound card which works well with the sb sound module. My printer is a brand new HP Deskject 940c which works great as long as I do not install the sound. The same thing was happening with my old Epson Stylus Color before I got this new one. Does anyone have any ideas here? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Marcia
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