Re: Sound system

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

MillTek wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As a Linux noob, I have tried many many googling sessions to get sound 
> working on the Sarge 2.6.6 installation I have. My machine has an Abit 
> NF7-M motherboard with and NForce2 chipset. I tried the Music player 
> in the KDE menu (rhythmbox) and when I do I get the following message;
>
> osscommon: Unable to open /dev/dsp (in use ?)
>
> Doers anyone have any idea exactly what steps I should follow to get 
> it wotking?  I do know that the machine will work in 2.6.5 as I tried 
> it under Knoppix and it was OK.
>
> I would greatly appreciate some help.
>
> Thanks
> Jim
My guess is that the sound module is not being loaded. Try running 
"modconf" and selecting the correct module for your sound chipset.

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Kent