When i booted the computer i got these lines :

es 1371 : version v0.30 time....
pci : found irq 10 for device 00:0f.0
pci : the same irq used for device 00:04.5
es 1371 : found chip vendor
es 1371 : found es1371 rev8 at io 0xcc0 irq 10
es 1371 : features joy...
ac 97_codec : AcC97 audio codec , id : 0x4352 : 0x5913 (cirrus logic cs 4297 A revA)

What i wanted to ask is :
1 Why does line "ac97 codec" shows up after i uncomment 1371 module if i have a sound blaster on ?
2 Can those two pci lines have something to do with a conflict (meaning two devices on same irq ) ?


Previously i asked about Kernel compiling information for i thought it was the last thing to do to get my sound card work on Slackware , man i was vain . I guess i'm far away in space to get this one done . Love Slak
tough.


et pluribus unum

the es1371 soundcard (it's the one i have) needs the ac97_codec module to run properly. it should be autoloaded whenever the es1371 is loaded. do you have the es1371 specified in modules.conf?

Excuse my ignorance , but what is modules.conf ?

it's a configuration file that lists the modules that the kernel will load for a given function - if i remember correctly, the line is

alias char-major-14 es1371

i think that's right. (someone correct me if i'm wrong!) the modules.conf file is located in the /etc directory. just use any text editor to find the line in the file - it's probably either commented out with a # or turned off - like this

alias char-major-14 off
#alias char-major-14 es1371

you just need to make sure that the correct modules is specified, and that should be all you need to get the sound working.

I got the followoing :

i went to jed on /etc/modules.conf and found only this two modules (?) :

Should i insert the line that you said above?

I inserted the line and also i was told in another recent thread to chmod 755 /dev/mixer and /dsp but when i did i didn't get it to work . You know what? I remember a thread about not chmod 777 for being a serious security hole ( by SICKBOY), i did chmod 777 and it worked . Thanks a lot . I guess now i hope i can say goodbye to all other distros.


et pluribus unum

chmod 777 is the command to set the mode on any file for full permissions to all users - it's not a good thing to have set to an important sbin executable, but it's not a serious security problem for an output device like /dev/dsp or /dev/mixer.