On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 16:52 -0500, Michael Mayhew wrote: > Greetings, > > I have reached my wit's end with this one. I have been to a number of > forums (linuxcompatibility.org, linuxnewbies.org, etc.) and am just looking > for some kind of direction. Are there any messages in the syslog or dmesg? That's usually a good place to start. > > My Creative SoundBlaster32 sound card is recognized at installation and > by the sound configuration tool after installation. However, when I run the > sound test at either time, the system freezes and I am forced to restart. > > When that happens, the startup usually stalls at "Searching for new > hardware". > > I have tried an Audigy card in addition to this one with the same result. > I have made sure that the onboard sound for my Soyo motherboard was disabled > in BIOS. I had installed Fedora Core 3 (previously Fedora Core 1) in hopes > that with updated driver support the error might be flushed out, but no > dice. > > It sounds like some kind of hardware conflict (IRQ assignment, etc.) but > I am definitely shooting in the dark. > > Any kind of assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks a lot. > > Michael > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ________________________________________________________________________ Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence http://www.TQMcube.com