Shared Interrupts for PCI Devices

[Chris Goron <chrisg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone might have suggestions for Shared Interrupts
for PCI devices in Linux. I have a STB AGP video card(RIVA 128) that I
could not get to work with XWindow. I downloaded some drivers from SuSE
for it and my screen still went black when I started XWindow. I assumed
it must be some kind of hardware conflict so I checked interrupts and
found my Intel PCI EtherCard used IRQ 11 which it shared with the video
card bus slot. I moved the Intel card to a different slot which I
noticed it then used IRQ 9 and my video card functioned fine with
XWindow. Both these cards worked fine together on IRQ 11 in Windows 98.
Is there a "general rule" for using shared interrupts with PCI devices
under Linux? I have a 64 bit PCI sound blaster that I could not get to
work and I now suspect that it might be the same problem. Do I need to
re-configure my CMOS settings differently? Is there a way to check
hardware interrupts or set them in Linux?(I've been checking the device
manager in Windows 98 for interrupt info.)

Thanks Much, Chris