FC2 doesn't see my sound card

[Brian Kendig]

Øyvind Stegard wrote:

> Hmm, think about it: 'lspci' lists stuff connected to the _PCI_ bus, 
> NOT
> the ISA bus.

Exactly.  Which is why I pointed out that 'lspci' doesn't list my 
soundcard, so nobody would toss me a reply like 'please post the output 
from lspci'.

Thanks for the tips; I'll have a look into those, but I have a few more 
questions first:

- I don't see any '/etc/init.d/alsa*', or in fact anything in 
/etc/init.d which mentions sound.  What part of the startup process is 
supposed to start the sound layer?

- My modprobe.conf doesn't contain an 'include /etc/modprobe.conf.dist' 
line; that wasn't put in the file during the OS installation.  Is it 
supposed to contain this line, does it need it?  And I assume the 
differentiation between the two files is so I can modify modprobe.conf 
for my specific settings without having to touch the distribution 
settings?

- What happens if I decide to compile ALSA and my soundcard drivers 
into the kernel, instead of loading them as modules?  How do I specify 
the options settings (irq, dma, etc.) when it's not a module?