On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Phil wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> This problem has only occurred still MDK 8.1 was installed a couple of months
> ago and is something I have been able to live with until now.
>
> When my system is first started /dev/dsp does not exist and if I try to run
> kmix a message is displayed that says something like "invalid es1370 sound
> card". Also the sound level is very low.
>
> I can overcome this problem by running the sound configure tool from
> Harddrake. Sometimes this also fails because sox can't play the configure
> sound message because /dev/dsp does not exist. Pressing the configure again
> usually gets the configuration under way if Harddrake doesn't lock-up.
>
> Stuffing around like this everytime I want to use /dev/dsp is very annoying.
>
> Can anyone offer a suggestion for a cure?
>

I can [sy|e]mpathize...  This link shows my problems with ES1371 and
includes a small script to overcome the problem.

http://pfortin.com/Linux/LM8.1sound/

HTH,
Pierre



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