Thanks Jussi, That seemed the best way to go to me too. But how are the interrupts set? Are you talking bios settings here? I guess not as W$ would inherit them too. I have set this stuff in W$, but not in Linux.
thanks again Brian On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 10:55, Jussi Aalto wrote: > Hi Brian > > On Thursday 14 March 2002 15:49, you wrote: > > > > 2. cat /proc/interrupts shows: > > > > 10: 83875 XT-PIC usb-uhci, usb-uhci, ICE1712 > > > > i.e. my sound card (that's the ICE1712) is sharing interrupt 10 with > > the usb interfaces. > > Normally the sound card should use IRQ 5 or 7. If they are free on your > system, use either of them for sound card. Boot to window$ and check how > the interrupts are shared there. Leave IRQ 10 for USB as you may need it > in the future (usb-mouse, printer, etc.) and IIRC it is some sort of > recommendation to use that IRQ for USB devices (like 5 or 7 are for sound > cards and 3 and 4 for serial devices ). And it's less likely for your > system to behave oddly if you keep the config close to specs. > > Cheers, > J. > > > > > > > 2. How do I go about changing this? > > > > USB is not in use on this machine, so just disabling that is an option. > > That is, it's not in use under Linux because there seems to be no way I > > can get my scanner to work - not a SANE support device. No matter. > > There has to be some reason to have that dual boot XP parition there > > right? In other words, I am happy to dispense with USB as far as the > > OS goes, but not disable it in the bios. > > > > OTOH there are several interrupts free, so just moving either the USB > > or the sound card is probably the better option. > > > > > > TIA > > Brian > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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