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[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

> My network card - SMC Ultra16 (ISA non-PnP) - there is a module built for it
> and I can get it working with 'modprobe smc-ultra.o' - now what's the
> _proper_ way to get it set up at boot?

	You probably need to specify and IRQ and stuff like that, don't
you? If you want it to be setup at boot time, pass the module's
arguments to the kernel through lilo (see "append" option), or add a
like to /etc/conf.modules with those parameters.

> My sound card - Creative ViBRA16 (ISA PnP) (standard SB16 PnP) I have tried
> 'modprobe sb16.o' but I just get a message from isapnp giving the name of
> the card but no actual text from the sb16 module about IRQs or I/Os that it
> has detected. The soundcard still don't work after this. I have tried it
> with PNP AWARE O/S switched on & off in the BIOS to no avail.

	You have to set that sort of stuff yourself. Try pnpdump >
/etc/<see man isapnp> to get the skeleton of the file, and just set the
IRQ and base yourself. soundconfig will be quite happy with that. Mine
worked out of the box. At the moment, I don't have my SB16 here, and I
can't recall what modules it needs.

	Regards,
	José
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José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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