Kuraiken wrote:
> > > Sorry to butt in again...but will this work without having to configure via
> > > isapnp? (I'm still scratching my head over this thing. I _know_ it's a pretty
> > > powerful tool but I can't seem to get it to work for my ESS 1869 chip) Does
> > > sndconfig work for any card or just sound blaster 16s?
> >
> > Mostly for Soundblasters, from what I understand. If you run
> > sndconfig, do you get to hear Linus? Errors? Anything?
>
> I've not tested for that chip yet...(that machine is not here - I'll try it tomorrow
> and report to the list) but I've tried sndconfig on another machine but this time
>with
> a built in sound chip. One of those PCChips boards.
> The chip is a SoundPro chip...with PCI embossed on the chip (although, whether it
> really is PCI I have not been able to determine)
>
> For more info on the chip go to this web page:
> http://www.pcchips.com.tw/Sound.html
>
> Anyone else with this same sound chip? Have you gotten it to work? I'd really like to
> hear from you.
>
> > > Also...how do I test that the card works? Do I have to tweak anything else to get
> > > it to play wavs etc? (I tried after many times with pnpconfig and then launching
> > > KDE and tried playing wavs etc...no luck. I'm missing something and I just know
> > > it's something trivial...btw, I read the docs...I think it assumes some degree of
> > > Linux familiarity.)
> >
> > Anything written in the system logs when you attempt to play sound?
> > (/var/log/messages)
> >
> > Check the mixer volumes (run aumix) to make sure it's not just that the
> > sound is turned down. Don't laugh, I spent 45 minutes trying to figure
> > out why sound wasn't working, only to find out the volumes had been
> > turned down on the card!
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I won't laugh, it's happened to me too :-)
>
> Well...I don't get any thing...no error messages in sys logs...and no sound either.
>It
> just says (in sndconfig) "Error opening /dev/audio".
>
> This device has got me stumped.
> --
> --------------------------------------
> Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster
> --------------------------------------
I'm in a similar situation; i.e., having a problem getting my SB PnP 16 to work. I
tried
running aumix and it says "error opening /dev/mixer". I think this is a problem, but
I've
got no idea how to correct it. Any suggestions?
Steve Kuhlman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
