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LINUX Mandrake Sound Config

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by sigley, phil

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After recently installing LINUX Mandrake 7.0 i wish to configure my soundblaster 16. I hve run the Soundcard configuration program, however it gives an error message that the 'device is busy' How can i sort this out and add the sound modules to the Kernal. Please bear in mind i dont know musc about this.

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by greg.ahler

I'm new to Linux, myself, and I'm not sure if this will help, but, Move the sound card to a different slot. It can't hurt much, and if it still reacts the same way, you can always move it back.

by sigley, phil

Thankyou for the help, i changed my soundcard slot and the setup program took the right settings this time. Sorry if this reply is a bit late. Good luck with LINUX.

by ball5ball5

This worked for me. After you ran the sound cfg, a file was created called isapnp.conf. can you get to an editor to open this up? if not, do this: open up an xterm window, and type mc then hit enter. this brings up the best file mgr ever. browse to /etc & find the iaspnp.conf file.highlight and hit F4. this opens it for editing.move down in the file to the 1st uncommented line you find and add the following, exactly like this . hit F2 to save the changes. press ctrl-alt-backspace torestart xwindows and it should work.good luck.

by ampl

Trying running the 'setup' program... from the console, at a prompt, run 'setup'. You should get an option on the menu for sound card. Make sure you are logged in as root or use 'su'

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