I'm a very confused linux newby, but hope someone can help. When I look at my modules.conf file in the /etc directory, the only lines for sound-related things I appear to see are for my ess1888 sound chips. I can't play mp3s on my machine, and if I run the program used to configure sound, I can pick the irq, and interrupt, I can hear the sample sound, but the program always claims irq5 is busy. I noticed upon startup that near the beginning of the boot proc4esss, the statement "loading sb sound module" is spoken, and the ess stuff is loaded much later. I wondered if this is the same SB of sound blaster fame, and if so, does anyone know why this is loading when I don't see a reference to it accept as an alias in my modules.conf setup? Is there a comment charactor I could use in linux to comment out the 1888 lines, and see what happens? the reason I ask all this is that when I move my cursor arround in speakup, I hear little blips of ascending pitch from my speakers as I run into new lines. also, how do I make alsasound not run automatically? I want to troubleshoot sound before complicating things. Once I get things working, how do I restart alsasound automaticaly each time my pc starts? Sorry for al the questions, but I really hope someone can help
