Hi, I have installed linux in my friend's machine & he has just the same card like yours. I first installed RH but got the same prob. then I tried with MDK & it successfully detected & playing .
bye ----- Original Message ----- From: Arun Sreelalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:15 PM > PROBLEM CONFIGURING SOUND CARD -- > > Hello, I'm Arun. I've created this mail account specially for > Linux-concerned > mail. I'm a > complete newbie to Linux, so, of course, Ive got the hardware > configuring blues. > > I've got a ISA/PnP Yamaha OPL3 SA3 sound card. I'm using Red Hat > 8.0. The first > time I ran it, it > detected my card and said that it had installed the necessary > driver. But - no > sound. When I > start my GUI (KDE), I get an error saying "Error While > initializing the sound > driver. Device /dev/dsp cannt be opened(No such device). The sound > server will > continue using the null output device." Also when I shutdown the > machine, in the > shutdown checkpoints, the saving of mixer settings FAILs > (obviously because > there is no sound driver). > > How do I configure my sound card? Please help. I searched on the > net and found > out that the card actually is supported, but to get it to work, > you have to > mess around with the files in the /dev folder. Have to uncomment > out many lines > from a certain device driver file. I dont Know enough, so please > help me out. > > > > Arun Sreelalan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (linux related stuff) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (everything else) > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
