Little Help?

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Mon Mar 10 20:25:38 EST 2003


Maggie sends her love :)

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:40, Robert Meyer wrote:
> Shutdown KDE and switch to a test console when playing with sound.  KDE
> starts up the ARTS sound daemon and it grabs hold of the sound card like
> a Bull Terrier (Sorry Peter, just had to say it :-).  If this has occurred,
> you won't be able to remove the modules.
> 
> Try that and let us know.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Bob
> 
> --- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Rob. I'll try checking IRQs first but Like I said I set IRQ in bios to
> > 5,7 and 9 and mouse refused to return everytime.
> > 
> > I tried to remove the sound modules but kept getting an in use error,
> > honestly
> > I couldn't figure out the order to remove the modules in :-)
> > 
> > I'll give it another crack this morning, I ran out of time fiddling with it
> > last week.
> > 
> > JJN
> > --- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> > > 
> > > PS/2 port for the mouse is usually on IRQ 12.
> > > Sound is usually on IRQ 5/7/9 depending upon conflicting IRQs, printer
> > > port, etc.
> > > 
> > > You can see what devices are bound to what IRQ `/sbin/lspci -v`
> > > 
> > > Does your mouse return if you unload alsa and the sound kernel modules?
> > > This would verify an IRQ problem versus a config problem.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -Rob
> > > 
> > > > I am running Mandrake 9 (new install) and I didn't setup completely as it
> > > is
> > > > just a test machine.  I finally went about getting everything working and
> > > this
> > > > included sound (I wanted to watch a VCD).  ISA sound card setup with
> > > sndconfig.
> > > >  Sound works.  LOST my mouse completely.  mouse is on screen but
> > completely
> > > > unresponsive.  How do I check the memory settings of the PS2 port and
> > sound
> > > > card.  I have changed the IRQ and mem addresses in the bis and the
> > sndcofig
> > > > utility a few times with no change.  Looking to the experts to help me
> > out.
> > >  I
> > > > figure I have a conflict but not sure how to check it.
> > > >
> > > > This sound and mouse setup worked previously under Man8.2 and an upgrade
> > to
> > > 9.
> > > > this is a fresh install of 9.
> > > >
> > > > JJN
> > > >
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> > > Dege
> > > 
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> > > 
> > 
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> =====
> Bob Meyer
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