I wrote:
>Hi there, as the subject says the trident sound does not work since
>2.4.0-test9. this messages does dmesg:
>Trident 4DWave/SiS 7018/ALi 5451 PCI Audio, version 0.14.6, 12:36:52 Nov 20 2000
>trident: Trident 4DWave DX found at IO 0xd800, IRQ 0
>trident: unable to allocate irq 0
>any ideas?
After removing the soundcard and inserting it again to update the pci-bios
of the mb, found out that when the srcew is tight the irq 0.
when the screw is not tight it works like a charm!
So it was a hardware problem and NOT the kernel.
Sorry and regards, Rene.