Re: Sound system

[MillTek]

Jeff Elkins wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:31:38 -0500, MillTek wrote
 

Kent West wrote:
   

MillTek wrote:
     

Hi,
As a Linux noob, I have tried many many googling sessions to get 
sound working on the Sarge 2.6.6 installation I have. My machine has 
an Abit NF7-M motherboard with and NForce2 chipset. I tried the Music 
player in the KDE menu (rhythmbox) and when I do I get the following 
message;

osscommon: Unable to open /dev/dsp (in use ?)
Doers anyone have any idea exactly what steps I should follow to get 
it wotking?  I do know that the machine will work in 2.6.5 as I tried 
it under Knoppix and it was OK.

I would greatly appreciate some help.
Thanks
Jim

       

My guess is that the sound module is not being loaded. Try running 
"modconf" and selecting the correct module for your sound chipset.

     

Kent,
I loaded and ran modconf. There are a number of sound drivers being 
loaded. What else can I try?

Thanks,
Jim
   

I wonder if it's a permission issue. When root can you play a sound from the
command line?  Try 'play something.wav' as root.  You may need to apt-get
install sox.
Jeff
 

OK,
I installed alsa-oss. Used the KDE control center to switch to using 
ALSA and tried playing an mp3. It made sound for about 1 second and 
stopped, however the timer kept going as if it was playing.  Had a power 
failure so had to reboot. Now I get an Informational artsmessage;
Error while initializing the sound driver
device: default can't be opened for playback (no such file or 
directory)  The sound server will continue using the null output device.

We're nearly there!!
Jim

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