[SLE] RE: oh for goodness sake
Surprising. RedHat has a sound config utility with the os. It is as easy as 1 2 3 Seems strange to me that with 4.2 gigs of software in the SuSE distribution, you have to buy a separate piece to make your industry standard sound card work. The must be another answer? -----Mike Michael Waite Global Partnering Solutions, Marlboro Center Compaq Computer Corporation TEL: (508)467-2289 EMAIL: michael.waite@compaq.com
---------- From: imm@KidsCare.Net[SMTP:imm@KidsCare.Net] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:17 AM To: Waite, Michael Subject: oh for goodness sake
Actually getting sound to werk in linux was the most frusterating thing I have done yet. You want to go to www.opensound.com or something like that and get the appropriate OSS config tool for your kernel. It's easy easy maybe a little kernel config but thats it. You want to get/find/buy an OSS license only cost $20! Once I did that I had my sound working in linux !!!!!!! Good Luck IAN
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"Waite, Michael" wrote:
Surprising. RedHat has a sound config utility with the os. It is as easy as 1 2 3
Seems strange to me that with 4.2 gigs of software in the SuSE distribution, you have to buy a separate piece to make your industry standard sound card work.
The must be another answer?
Its actually not too difficult, if you don't mind recompiling your kernel. First view the file :/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/AWE32. Most likely you can skip all the stuff on isapnp (I may be very wrong on this point, but I don't remember ever having to edit isapnp) as the defaults in the kernel will probably work. Go into /usr/src/linux and type make xconfig (doing all this as root). Check all the stuff you are told (i.e.. sound, sound card support, 100% soundblaster compatible, etc. low level sound drivers under another heading etc.). Then save'n'exit, make zImage (or bzImage), make modules, make modules_install, etc following the steps outlined in the SuSE handbook. Finally edit /etc/conf.modules reading carefully the comments therein. You'll need to comment out a few lines (the OSS commercial stuff) and uncomment the lines for Soundblaster. Save'n'exit. Maybe run SuSEconfig. Reboot and start up a program that uses sound (mp3 player, KDE, CD players won't do the trick) and the sound modules should be loaded automatically. Another option is to compile all this stuff into the kernel (check Y instead of M), but doing it as modules has worked better for me. I know this sounds like a lot and yes the soundconfig utility in Redhat does all this nicely (but you still have to have the kernel compiled properly) as does the OSS commercial program which you've actually got if you bought the official SuSE release, but with a little work you should be able to get it running easily enough on your own. You are fortunate to have a sound card that is well supported. The documentation listed above is key. David Bellows -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I notice quite a lot of people are talking about OSS for getting their sound to work. In my system I just edited the conf.modules and isapnp.conf files and everything works fine, so I don't see the reason of why to switch to OSS. Or what I'm trying to ask, what extra use does OSS offer me? Maikel -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, Yulunga wrote:
I notice quite a lot of people are talking about OSS for getting their sound to work. In my system I just edited the conf.modules and isapnp.conf files and everything works fine, so I don't see the reason of why to switch to OSS.
Or what I'm trying to ask, what extra use does OSS offer me?
Well, for one thing, some people aren't as clever as you are, and don't have the knowlege or desire to learn about the workings of /etc/isapnp.conf or /etc/conf.modules ;). I've done each, and it's no fun. The major advantage to using OSS or ALSA (!) is the amount of control that each system affords you. With the above tools, you have much more control over the card; PCM, MIDI, CDA, and more. They usually offer a finer degree of control than the generic kernel drivers do. Then you bring into account the *quality* of the sound. The chances of the plain kernel modules producing useable audio are pretty good, but OSS or ALSA generally (I said generally) provide higher-quality sound. Don't forget to check out what Jaraslov's team has to offer: http://www.alsa-project.org -- -=|JP|=- (Resident GNUbie) Jon Pennington | SuSE Linux 6.2 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Kernel 2.2.10+ uberjon@flash.net | AMD K6-2 350 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Maikel, Some of us don't have cards that are supported by the supplied drivers (Yamaha DS-XG on the m/b, OSS driver is beta and doesn't yet work for Myth II and reportedly not for Quake II). Jeff Quoting Yulunga <m.vanbree@wxs.nl>:
I notice quite a lot of people are talking about OSS for getting their sound to work. In my system I just edited the conf.modules and isapnp.conf files and everything works fine, so I don't see the reason of why to switch to OSS.
Or what I'm trying to ask, what extra use does OSS offer me?
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i recently installed a sound card then a fresh install of 6.2 but guess what, no sound. i compiled sound into the kernel (sb 16) used the oss for it, but now i get kmix: Could not open mixer Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device. ogre:/dev # ls -al mixer crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 0 Jul 22 19:04 mixer and i also get Cannot open /dev/dsp No sound possible! but it's there, really it is! ogre:/dev # ls -al dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 3 Jul 22 19:04 dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 3 Jul 22 21:14 dsp0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 19 Jul 22 19:04 dsp1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 35 Jul 22 21:14 dsp2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 51 Jul 22 21:14 dsp3 crw-rw---- 1 root root 55, 0 Jul 22 19:05 dsp56k any ideas on this? TIA Ian -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Waite, Michael wrote:
Surprising. RedHat has a sound config utility with the os. It is as easy as 1 2 3
Seems strange to me that with 4.2 gigs of software in the SuSE distribution, you have to buy a separate piece to make your industry standard sound card work.
The must be another answer?
It would be nice if SuSE added a soundcard configuration in YaST. However, their instructions in the manual are extremely easy to follow and you pretty much only need to uncomment some lines in /etc/conf.modules and then run pnpdump if you want to use the modules. I haven't even tried OSS yet. Greg -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Okie kiddies lets try OSS it works and works well..I have been using it for a long time w/ no problems at all and it supports 100's of sound boards very well :)
I haven't even tried OSS yet.
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