Hello James, * James wrote:
> We have a fairly stock Debian/testing system. Layered over this is the > 0.9.0beta6 ALSA packages (driver,lib,utils) and Quake3 Arena. We also > have a via686a sound card built on an Aopen-63k-pro motherboard. > > The sound for all applications (xmms, kscd, realplay, etc.) works as > expected except for Quake3. I have read about the problems with Quake > in this newsgroup, but I would like to ask again for current knowledge. > > We receive the message that it cannot find the /dev/dsp device. This > is strange because all the required modules are loaded and seem to be > working as they should. > > Does anyone know what can be done to correct this problem? I have > attached the relevant configuration files. > > Also, is 0.9.0beta6 more current than 0.5.11 ? Yes, but try 0.5.11, I know that Q3A works with ALSA 0.5.x and VIA686a onboard soundchip. 0.9.x is alpha software, many changes in the code. -- bye Waldemar
