Re: How to enable sound with Intel AC'97 on Sony VAIO GRX316G?
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 03:26:28PM +0100, Mariano Kamp wrote:
> Bonjour Thomas,
>
> yes, that seems to be part of the solution. I have been using the ACPI
> patch already, but now I also compiled the oss driver and have been a
> bit more successful than before.
>
> So the current situation is:
>
> * Modules are not loaded automatically
> * but when loaded by hand
> * xmms does work and outputs that it used OSS
> * kde sound does not work (when logging in it complains about
> /dev/dsp permision denied)
> * gnome is quiet too
>
> What should I do next?
>
> What about alsa? I read that alsa is now the way to go, but oss. I
> didn't find a alsa howto nor a package below /usr/doc. Where should I
> look?
>
> Cheers,
> Mariano
Modules added to /etc/modules will load at boot time.
Make sure the user starting kde is in the audio group.
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