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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joris Huizer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:36 AM Subject: sndconfig problems: sound only works until reboot > Hello everybody, > > I have this problem: > I'm installing & configuring Debian on an Compaq > Presario 1245 - the last part is sound. I was told > this computer has a ESS 1869 sound card. > > I searched on the web and found a few pages mentioning > sndconfig. I gave it a try and got sound working using > the Soundblaster config; > > The problem is, for some reason sound is NOT working > when the computer is booted again. The only way I > found to get it working again is, commenting out > again, rebooting (otherwise sndconfig gives an error > about /dev/audio which isn't telling me nothing except > that somethings goes wrong) and running sndconfig > again. > > Can anybody tell me what I should do to make the sound > work allways ? > > Thanks very much > > Joris > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]