Guest daimoni Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Many people have got problems with sound (as i've heard), and so did I - default install didn't regonize my Sb16 (!) sound card, so here's simple tutorial how to fix it: 1. su (and give your root password) 2. urpmi sndconfig 3. sndconfig It will detect and save your soundcard settings now - then just logout from console and try with xmms etc :) you might need to restart X too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramsret Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Unless doing this gets what I got. My Inspiron laptop sound didn't work. I used sndconfig. It found the right card (neomagic), but when it tried to test the sound, I get: Unable To Play Audio The following error occured playing the sample: sox: Can't open the output file '/dev/dsp': Permission denied. I'm in root. I don't understand. Waaaaaah. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daimoni Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 you need to chmod 777 /dev/dsp too or add yourself in audio group, oh and chmod 777 /dev/mixer too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramsret Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Thanks. But nope, doesn't do it. Interestingly, I have no "dev/dsp". I have a "dev/dspW". And I have no "dev/mixer' And I was doing the whole sndconfig in root anyway. According to my control center, my soundcard is installed. It appears to be the correct driver for the card I have. (MagicMedia 256AV). Weird. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 You're probably using alsa. It doesn't create /dev/mixer or /dev/dsp files unless you use OSS emulation. I'd suggest you use the draksound program that mandrake provides and reconfigure you card. Which card do you have btw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramsret Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 I turned off alsa, rebooted, checked my control center, it had no sound card installed. Then I ran draksound. Yipes! I got this: [root@localhost apa]# draksound Saving mixer settings aumix: error opening mixer Starting ALSA version 0.9.0rc2: (nm256) [ OK ] /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.o.gz: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod snd-nm256 failed insmod'ing module snd-nm256 failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 55. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jrz Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 alsa 0.9rc2 is kinda buggy, it doesn't work correctly for some cards. alsa 0.9.1 stable is out! first stable 0.9.x release! go get it! alsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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