Got the parts in to repair my laptop.... So the first thing I did was reload the OS as the / partition got mighty hosed by the IDE controller going south. After doing that I did the normal upgrades etc. Along the way I decided to try out the 2.4.18mdk kernel. This is where the sound fun began.
Hardware. Compaq Armada M700 500mhz Celeron Coppermine Sound ES1978 Maestro 2E (ESS Technology) Running MDK 9.1 Ok with kernel build 13mdk xmms and sound work as expected. When I boot to 18mdk the fun begins. xmms can no longer play mp3's from the hdd. (noatune has the same problem) constantly complaining that something else has /dev/dsp. mpg123 from a command line can play it ok IF I first leave runlevel 5. If I try to listen to streaming audio with xmms via say shoutcast. I have to restart sound (/etc/init.d/sound restart) but only after first connecting with the site to hear the output. Note also that dev/dsp dev/dspx and dsp56k get created by devfs .... Now when I boot to 13mdk or to 16mm (the multimedia kernel) it (devfs) creates the devices in the correct place /dev/sound/[device name] and sound works all over. I can even play an mp3. Note too that I use the OSS sound drivers as they support my sound chip and alsa doesn't. No problem.. whatever works. The problem can be duplicated simply by rebooting into build 18mdk. James
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