On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:39:42AM -0600, Ryan Bowman wrote: > But don't worry, I'm dual booting so I will still be able to run > Windows.
Boy, that's a non-sequitur if I ever heard one...
> I installed Red Hat 9, a default workstation install if I recall, and
> installed fluxbox. Anyway the point is, when using xmms to play music I
> usually get an error using sound card message, or something to that effect.
> It recommends I make sure my sound card is installed / detected properly
> (it is), and that no other device or application is using it. Since it's
> the first app I run, I assume nothing else is using it. I have to reboot
> at least once for it to start up properly. So why is that? I thought
> linux was suppose to reduce the number of reboots needed to get everything
> running right. What needs to be fixed so I have sound on every boot, not
> every second or third?
fuser /dev/dsp will tell you which process has your sound card device
openned. Kill that process (may be esd) to get it back (if you're
using OSS), or use the ESD driver with xmms or whatever app you happen
to be using. If /dev/dsp is not being used, you need to associate
your /dev/dsp with the right module in /etc/modules.conf
(the entry will look like: alias char-major-xx-yy sound-card-driver).
The most recommended option, of course, is to nuke Red Hat and replace
it with Debian, and run apt-get install discover. :-)
Mike
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