Are your sound problems limited to Netscape? Are you able to play and
ordinary wav file? Are you able to play a midi file? If you answer no to
the previous two questions, I suggest running "sndconfig" from a console.
HTH,
Matt
>From: Bill&Virginia Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [expert] Kernel configuration to support audio (mic and speaker)
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:27:33 +0000
>
>I wish to make Netscape on Mandrake 6.1 support sound to do voice over
>IP.
>My kernel was built with all the sound options selected.
>My hardware has a Gateway 2000 sound card with IRQ 5 DMA 1 port 220h to
>be
>Sound Blaster Comparible -(circa 1995).
>There is a CODEC pluggable connection on the sound board for which the
>manual
>claims is defaulted to IRQ 10, I have not verified this setting.
>I made devs for /dev/dsp
>--------------------------------------------
>crw------- 1 hodges audio 14, 3 Apr 17 1999 /dev/dsp
>crw------- 1 hodges audio 14, 19 Apr 17 1999 /dev/dsp1
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>There is no mention in my startup "dmesg"
>However cat /proc/devices produces:
>--------------------------------------------
>[hodges@hodges /etc]$ more /proc/devices
>Character devices:
> 1 mem
> 2 pty
> 3 ttyp
> 4 ttyS
> 5 cua
> 7 vcs
> 10 misc
> 14 sound
> 67 coda_psdev
>128 ptm
>136 pts
>
>Block devices:
> 1 ramdisk
> 2 fd
> 3 ide0
> 9 md
> 22 ide1
> 23 mcd
>[hodges@hodges /etc]$
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>/proc/modules is an empty file and /proc/modules does not mention IRQ 5
>or 10.
>
>I just installed Plugger 3.2 and reloaded Netscape and it
>recognizes many of the file extensions using the Plugger test
>URL. I enjoyed the Lion King clip but it complains that
>"Can't open /dev/dsp device" and I hear nothing.
>
>Is there some kernel options that "make xconfig" doesn't present?
>
>Do I need a plugin driver?
>
>Is my board not configured correctly?
>
>Thanks ahead of time,
>
>Bill
>
>
>
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