John Michael Drouhard wrote: >On Monday 24 June 2002 18:52, you wrote: > >>John Michael Drouhard wrote: >> >>>Hi all! >>>I have an aureal vortex 2 soundcard, and have installed the drivers >>>provided at sourceforge.net. I have tried many times to get sound out of >>>computer, but it just won't happen. I have tried changing the setting in >>>Sound Server under KDE Control Center. When I try to force it to use >>>ALSA, it comes up with this message: >>> >>>----------- >>> >>>Sound Server informational message: >>> >>>Error while initializing the sound driver: >>>device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Invalid argument) >>> >>>The sound server will continue, using the null output device. >>> >>>----------- >>> >>>Sound hasn't come out at all yet, so any help would be greatly >>>appreciated!! >>> >>>Other comp specs: >>> >>>Motherboard: VIA 503+ >>>K-6 III+ 450 running at 500 MHz >>>Sound Card: Aureal Vortex2 >>>Video card: TNT2 32MB >>>Network card: Netgear FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Card >>>384 MB Memory >>> >>>1 generic cd reader >>>1 Samsung 8x8x32 CD-RW >>>1 Floppy >>>1 10 GB WD Harddrive >>>1 40 GB Maxtor Harddrive >>>Mandrake Linux 8.2 with the standard kernel for this distro. Running in >>>dual boot mode with Windows 98. >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >>Ummm three things... >> >>1. Use a nopentium in the install and in the appernd lines of the boot. >> Some programs behave differently between the two because there is a >>tiny difference in paging between the k6 and the Pentium. See the 8.2 >>errata page for details. >> >>2. If your vortex is a Dell pull, it will work only with Dell drivers, >>of which there are none for linux. There were special OEM runs just for >>Dell. This would also be true for Windows so if you can get sound out >>of this in windows, you know you have a card compatible with the driver. >> I should also mention that the binary core of this driver is very >>closed source and is getting harder and harder for the project to >>support for new linux distros . >> >>3. The informational message about /dev/dsp means your sound card is >>NOT being recognized and set up automatically. You need to change some >>parameters in /etc/devfsd.conf for this to happen. Fortunately there >>are two manpages devfsd and devfsd.conf and the latter has a useful >>example for winmodem drivers, which isn't too far off from this >>winsoundcard. >> >>Civileme >> > > >I tried the nopentium suggestion, but I'm not sure if it worked. When I >started KDE, it still gave me the dsp error. Is there a way to test to see if >the nopentium option is running? Thanks > >John Michael Drouhard > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, besides that, do what et suggests... That one slipped by me cause I don't have an Aureal.
Civileme
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
