Re: [Sound] Re: help sound blaster

[Steven Rubenstein <rubensteintrans@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fwiw, I did a custom install with a whole bunch of rpms, I don't have an 
isapnp file anywhere, and cat /proc/isapnp yields "no such file or 
directory."

SJR


Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 09:57:10PM -0500, Luis Rossi wrote:

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob McClure Jr" <robertmcclure@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <sound-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 9:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Sound] Re: help sound blaster


> > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 09:41:09AM -0500, Luis Rossi wrote:


> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Bill Nottingham" <notting@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <sound-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:34 PM
> > > > Subject: [Sound] Re: help sound blaster


> > > > > Luis Rossi (rossi.cadena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:

> > > > > > The operating sistem doesn't recognize my sound card. I have a sound
> > > > > > blaster 16 isa (CT2230), the card has the plug & play technology but
> > > > > > the sistem still doesn't recognize any sound card. How can i install
> > > > > > my sound card.


> > > > > What does /proc/isapnp say?

> > > > > Bill

> > > > I tried to find that archive but it seems that i don't have it.
> > > > please don't get mad with me it's just that i'm new to this.

> > > What the captain means to say is for you to run

> > >  cat /proc/isapnp

> > > and report what it says.


> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> > > robertmcclure@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/
> > > Linux: because I want to get there today.  Without rebooting.

> > Like i said before. It seems like i don't have that program or file or what
> > ever. I'm sorry but I'm suposed to have that?

> > it could be posible that in the installation progress it didn't have copied?

> > how can i install that program?

> Hmm.  I sense a breakdown in communication.  You must have "cat".  You
> must have a /proc/isapnp.  "cat" is a program you execute from a
> command line.  You get that by executing a "terminal" or "console"
> program, or what we fondly call an "xterm".  It pops up a new window
> with a prompt on the screen that will have some amount of information
> followed by a "$" prompt.  Mine, for, instance, says

>  yak:bob(L3) ~ [1021] $

> The most basic will be something like

>  bash 2.05 $

> At that prompt, type

>  cat /proc/isapnp

> "cat" actually means "concantenate" and is a tool to concatenate
> several files (or other sources) one after another and put them on the
> screen.  This is the degenerate (and most often used) case of a single
> file or source.
 /proc/isapnp is not a real file, but is a "pseudo file" that is really
> a "hook" or a "viewport" into the kernel.  If you get a directory
> listing of it:

>  ls -l /proc/isapnp

> you get

> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jan 12 20:17 /proc/isapnp

> indicating it is a 0-length file.  But if you "cat" it, you get a
> bunch of information.  Let us know what it is.

> Cheers,