Chip....when you re-installed you wiped out any updates that may have
been previously installed. Linux Mandrake 6.0 had 2 or 3 sound related
updates, you probably need to install them.
Alan
"Chip Rose." wrote:
>
> Sound doesn't work at all after re-installing Mandrake6.0 - it worked
> just fine last week under the same Mandrake6.0, right out of the box.
> Now I did a full install and it doesn't work, but still works fine in
> MS-Windows. I'm using KDE, and switching to Gnome/Enlightenment doesn't
> help (just a stab in the dark..) How could the same distribution, on
> the same box, re-installed in the same manner, suddenly not work? I
> never got sound working under Redhat 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0, but it worked
> right away under Mandrake6.0. Any pointers greatly appreciated!
>
> Attempting x11amp gives me the error: "Couldn't open audio!"
> Attempting kaudioserver from command prompt gives error: "maudio: Cannot
> open audio device"
