[PLUG] Several queries

[Len Bird]

Edwin Johnston wrote:

> I've installed Mandrake 7.1 and am having some problems.
>
> SOUND CARD.
> My sound card is CMI8330/C3D which is installed on the motherboard.
> Linux recognises the sound card but I cannot configure it. Windows PlugnPlay
> sees it as SB16 Audio Device and has the following settings:
> I/O Range 0220-022F
> I/R 09
> DMA 01
> DMA 07
>
> I've tried using Drakconf/Sounddrake 0.6.6 with the following settings:
> I/O    IRQ    DMA8   DMA16/2    MPU401 I/O
> 220     9       1       7          330
> but I get the following error messages when I try to test the soundcard:
> Error in modprobe call!
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/ad1848.0: invalid parameter parm_mpu_io
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/ad1848.0: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/ad1848.0: failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/ad1848.0: msmod ad1848 failed
>
> Can anyone please help as to what settings I should use?
>
> MODEM.
> I have an Actiontec Diamond Voice 56k external modem which is supposed to be
> Linux compatible (it says so on the box)????
> Drakconf/Harddrake 0.5.3 shows the following:
> Vendor    Unknown
> Model     V90/V.X2/V.34BO/V.34S/V.34/V.32B/FAX Class1/Fax
> Class2/MNP5/V.42bis
> Device    /dev/ttyS1   (It is located on COM2 in Windows)
> Bus Type  Serial
>
> Using kppp to query the modem returns:
> ATI  AEIGEX560LKTF1  ERROR
> ATI1 E794 ERROR
> ATI2 ERROR
> ATI3 AEIGEX560LKTF1  ERROR
> ATI4 17 ERROR
> ATI5 s051399V,0,19 ERROR
> ATI6 ERROR
> ATI7 ERROR
>
> Can someone please help?
>
> General query - how do you get to the command line prompt (i.e. completely
> out of Xwindows) when running an X windows session? I've tried Ctrl, Alt and
> Backspace but that only closes down the Xwindow session.
>
> Sorry for the length of this post.
> Edwin Johnston

Generally Mandrake sets up your sound card during installation, apparently it
did not do it for you,
so try /usr/sbin/sndconfig which MIGHT just do the job for you. It also (in
theory) allows you to try
alternative settings which you can get from DOS or Windoze setups,

Best of luck,

Len Bird