Re: dmasound

[Bill Carini <crisbill@pop.lightlink.com>]

On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 05:51:24PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> crisbill wrote:
> > 
> > I have the 2.2.19 kernel from Potato on a g4 tower. When I try to start
> > esd I get:
> > /dev/dsp: No such device
> 
> This error means 'there is no driver' so either you haven't loaded the
> dmasound module or 2.2.19 is too old for your soundchip.
> 

cat /proc/modules shows dmasound as being loaded, but unused.

I've tried using 2.4.9 and 2.4.10-pre2 kernels (prebuilt debian kernels). 
In both cases I can install soundcore and dmasound_core, but the system freezes when I install
dmasound_pmac.

[ By the way, with these 2.4 kernels X fails to use the entire screen (about an inch of black area
on the right side) , and also has a slight but noticeable flickering that I don't have with the
2.2.19 kernel. I haven't researched this in the archives, so hold your flames-- just thought I'd 
mention it since I'm writing to the list anyway. ]

Thanks for your responses,

Bill Carini