[YLUG] Installation problems

[D. Rimron]

Liam Wilson wrote:
>> Does that card require a
>> softtable/soundtable/firmware to be uploaded to
>>     
>
> Checked the alsa site, doesn't seem to be the case. 
>
>   
>> it. Many distros (like Debian) don't come with such
>> things as they are
>> not Free (with a capital Matt Lee) -- have you tried
>> an Ubuntu live CD
>> and poured over the dmesg outputs from that?
>>     
>
> Ubuntu 6.06 CD doesn't work, it just hangs when it
> gets to kernel loaded 100%. Something odd is happening
> with the cd drive. When I put a cd in in Debian the
> whole system locks up and requires a reboot. Same
> problem in slackware. All works fine in damn small
> linux though.
>   
I'd be forgetting the soundcard issue and trying to fix the motherboard
first. Which is where my first guess for faults would be....
> lsmod| grep -i snd
>   

That's all "looks good".

-Dx