Hi Paul,
Tried that and no good. There are a few odd things now - when running
sndconfig and the sample sound is attempted, an error is displayed about not
accessing /dev/audio. I checked the permissions and it was set to root/sys. I
changed it to root/audio and also root/root - made no difference. Same
problem happens now when I try to run kmixer - trouble accessing /dev/mixer.
Changing the permissions 'seem' to help - at least mixer will run, but then,
if I reboot - it all goes back to how it was. When running the sound config
tool in Drakconf/Hardware, the test sound will play, but when clicking OK, an
error message is displayed about accessing the directory you mentioned -
/dev/dsp, even after your suggested change. Also, if in the KDE Control
Center I try to display system information about sound, nothing is listed for
any of the devices. I figure the driver has to be OK if CDs play, but I don't
know where to look for this .wav problem, especially since all was fine in
7.02. I can't seem to find documentation about trouble-shooting sound
problems.
thx,
philomena
Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 29 May 2000, philomena wrote:
>
> Try this one (as root):
>
> chmod a+rw /dev/dsp
>
> That helped me get around the same problem
>
> Paul
>
> >I have a Soundblaster Live! card. In 7.02, as long as I downloaded and
> >installed the most current driver from the Creative Labs opensource
> >site, my sound worked great - could play CDs, wavs, mp3, etc..
> >
> >In 7.1beta3, with the updated drivers, I can play CDs, but no system
> >sounds (wavs) and so far, no MP3s. When I run the sound configuration in
> >DrakConf (in the hardware section) the card is properly identifed, and
> >the test sound plays fine - I have finally gotten confirmation on the
> >proper pronunciation of "Linux" :-)
> >However, still no system sounds - I have system sounds enabled in the
> >KDE control sytem, but no tests play. For a while, no mixers would play
> >- either aumix or kmix, but now thay are - frankly, I don't know why.
> >But those apps show the volume and settings are all fine. Searching thru
> >the mail archives, I saw others having similar problems, but couldn't
> >find any post with a solution. Any suggestions on what else I can try
> >would be appreciated.
> >One great thing about 7.1 - it recognizes all my removeable devices -
> >CDRW, ZIP drive and floppy - 7.02 didn't !!
> >
> >cheers,
> >philomena
> >
> >
>
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