Marcia wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Get into your BIOS find Power Management where it says ACPI-aware OS, make sure it is set to "NO" It sounds like ACPI is stacking all your interrupts in one place. Civileme
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