Re: sound configuration in Debian

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Richard Lyons wrote:

> On Saturday 26 July 2003 13:57, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> [...]
>> # adduser fred audio
> 
> I was hoping this was my problem too, but no.  Mine is not a
> soundblaster, it is woody on a thinkpad570, which I believe has a
> Cirrus Logic CS 4614 Chip (but I don't know as it's second user kit
> with no documentation).  I get the following error message - similar
> but different:
> 
>    Sound server informational message:
>    Error while initializing the sound driver:
>    device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
>    The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
> 
> Any hints where to start sctratching...?

Check if the driver for your sound card is loaded. There seems to be a
driver calles cs46xx in the kernel as well as an alsa driver called
snd-card-cs461x.

Go here for more info:
<http://www.sonic.net/~rknop/linux/tp570.html>

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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