on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 05:56:59PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen insinuated:
> on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 01:14:40AM -0800, Paul Johnson insinuated:
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> > On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 09:47:46AM +0100, A Cjt wrote:
> > > Also, would anyone suggest getting a separate sound card, or
> > > sticking with the sound on this board?
> >
> > Soundblaster Live! 128 works marvelously and far better than any
> > piece-o-shit on-board sound I've seen.
>
> while we're on the topic, what's the recommended way for getting an
> external sound card to override the one that's on the mobo? I have
> an Ensoniq ES1371 that I've been using all along, but since the
> purchase of a new mobo with onboard sound, i haven't been able to
> configure it correctly. I've compiled drivers for it into my
> kernel; i disabled the mobo sound in the BIOS ... but i still get
> the error(s)
>
> libao - OSS cannot set rate to 44100 Error: Cannot open device oss.
>
> or
>
> Can't find a suitable libao driver. (Is device in use?)
>
> when i try to play anything (depending on if i try to play oggs or
> mp3s).
>
> any pointers?
solved -- i linked /dev/dsp to /dev/dsp1, instead of /dev/dsp0, and it
works like a charm. weird.
thanks,
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