Dell Latitude CSx (using the NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 ZX chipset) After installing by booting to the CD, sndconfig has to be run twice for the sound to work (this error was duplicated on multiple installs). After installing by booting from a floppy(bbot.img), sndconfig only has to be run once to get sound working.
Odd. What's in /etc/modules.conf after an install but *before* you run sndconfig? In the cases where you have to run it twice, what's the error you get the first time?
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In the cases where I have to run the sndconfig twice, there are no error messages. I am able to hear the test sound the first time it is run, but afterwards when attempting to #play a sound, it pauses for a second & acts like it is playing, but no sound is emitted. In addition, on this last test case, after I ran sndconfig the second time & accepted the changes, the system hard locked. I am including the lsmod data & the /etc/modules.conf data for the 'before sndconfig', the 'after 1st sndconfig', & 'after 2nd sndconfig'. Note that some of the lsmod data on the last one is different due to the lockup & the fact we had to hard boot the machine.
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Created attachment 2398 [details] lsmod after 2
***modules.conf-before*** alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias usb-controller usb-uhci ***modules.conf-after-1*** alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias sound-slot-0 nm256 ***modules.conf-after-2*** alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias sound-slot-0 nm256
Ugly. Alan, are you aware of any issues with the nm256 driver?