On Thursday 15 July 2004 18:09, Marco Verheul wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 00:19, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 05:51, Marco Verheul wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just made the jump to 10.0 last weekend . All went very
> > > smoothly, but unfornunately I still have no sound. I was hoping
> > > that it would get it working with a fresh full install, but no..
> > > (didn't work in 9.1 either).
> > >
> > > In Mandrake Control Center I see that 2 soundcards are detected:
> > >
> > > VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio]
> > > Vendor: âVIA Technologies
> > > Alternative drivers: âvia82cxxx_audio
> > > Bus: âPCI
> > > Bus identification: â1106:3058:1106:4511
> > > Location on the bus: â0:7:5
> > > Description: âVT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio]
> > > Module: âsnd-via82xx
> > > Media class: âMULTIMEDIA_AUDIO
> > >
> > > CT5880
> > > Vendor: âEnsoniq
> > > Alternative drivers: âsnd-ens1371
> > > Bus: âPCI
> > > Bus identification: â1274:5880:1274:8001
> > > Location on the bus: â0:b:0
> > > Description: âCT5880
> > > Module: âes1371
> > > Media class: âMULTIMEDIA_AUDIO
> > >
> > > I'm supposed to have a Sound blaster 4.1 digital (creative)
> > > installed. I hope somebody can give me some clues on how to get
> > > things started.
> > >
> > > Marco
> >
> > Is your sound built into the motherboard (as it does kinda show) or
> > is your Soundblaster a peripheral? (a card stuck in a slot) - if
> > you DO have a Soundblaster card stuck in a slot, you might want to
> > go into your BIOS and disable the onboard sound...I've had 50/50
> > with onboard VIA sound drivers...
> >
> > stephen kuhn - proprietor
>
> Stephen,
>
> I do have a card stuck in a slot. I disabled the onboard sound. As a
> result I got a sound icon in the panel which wasn't there before, so
> I guess there is some sort of recognition (but still no sound).
>
> I tried to configure the sound system in:
>
> System -> configuration -> KDE -> sound -> sound system
>
> On the first tab I accepted the defaults. On the second I selected
> autodetect and checked "Full duplex". When I hit the apply button I
> get the error:
>
> "Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device."
>
> I really could use any good ideas. Thanks!
>
> Marco
I don't think a sounddriver is loaded. You can check with '/sbin/lsmod'.
If no driver is loaded you should try to configure your card in MCC, I
would first try the snd-ens1371 module.
HTH,
-Frans
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