Re: Sound system
Jim,
Did you try what I says? that may be the missing link in what you are
looking for as I had similair problems (not exact).
Cheers,
Tam.
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:42:21 -0500, MillTek <mill.tek@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> MillTek wrote:
>
> > Jeff Elkins wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:31:38 -0500, MillTek wrote
> >>
> >>
> >>> Kent West wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Kent,
> >>> I loaded and ran modconf. There are a number of sound drivers being
> >>> loaded. What else can I try?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I wonder if it's a permission issue. When root can you play a sound
> >> from the
> >> command line? Try 'play something.wav' as root. You may need to
> >> apt-get
> >> install sox.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > OK,
> > I installed alsa-oss. Used the KDE control center to switch to using
> > ALSA and tried playing an mp3. It made sound for about 1 second and
> > stopped, however the timer kept going as if it was playing. Had a
> > power failure so had to reboot. Now I get an Informational artsmessage;
> > Error while initializing the sound driver
> > device: default can't be opened for playback (no such file or
> > directory) The sound server will continue using the null output device.
> >
> >
> > We're nearly there!!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> I found these enreies in my syslog - if this helps. The system does
> seem to find the sound chips.
>
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel:
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: handlers:
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: [__crc_set_user_nice+1036933/6470000]
> (i810_interrupt+0x0/0x67 [i810_audio])
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: Disabling IRQ #20
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: i810_audio: Audio Controller supports
> 6 channels.
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2
> channel mode.
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: i810_audio: Resetting connection 0
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id:
> ALG32 (ALC650)
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0, new EID
> value = 0x05c7
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0, DAC map
> configured, total channels = 6
> Jun 19 14:13:21 localhost kernel: i810_audio: setting clocking to 48648
>
>
>
>
> Jim
>
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