No need to set up an ssh connection if same machine is used with a talking distro working. I need to write what I find in braille and do a unique sort on all of it to have any chance of finding what to enable. On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:33:39 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card > > Can't you ssh into your Gentoo box and do a lsmod there? > > On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > It does if you understand I am using another version of Linux on this > > machine that does speak and the only way I'm ever going to find out what > > lsmod did or didn't load on gentoo is to actually get gentoo talking and > > the sound card working first. On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general > > discussion wrote: > > > >> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:28:48 > >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card > >> > >> If you see an entry for your sound card in the output of lsmod, it means > >> that > >> your kernel successfully loaded the module for your sound card. > >> So what you suggest to do does not make sens at all. > >> Regards, Willem > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> > >>> I found /usr/src/linux/.config which if I have this right is where make > >>> menuconfig stores your choices as they're made. So erasing that file gets > >>> you a clean start when necessary. Reading through lsmod output I find > >>> several sound card elements on lines in that output. What I'm going to > >>> try next time is to enable each element starting at the end of each of > >>> those lines and going to the beginning of those lines. Sound card > >>> elements are either in first position in lines or later positions and the > >>> later positioned elements use the earlier positioned elements. This is a > >>> strictly proper order problem open the doors in the proper order and you > >>> get to the treasure room. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list