Hello, The reason why the sound card was not working was that the /dev/dsp was being snatched by some other device. Most probably arts was the culprit. As u stopped that the sound worked. And one more thing I would like to say is that Not *everything* works under the Linux but most do.
Prince_of_the_net #freebsd DALNET --- Kaushik Ghose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Oh, no not THAT guy and his sound card again ! >But wait, this is not a post to help me with something that does not work, >rather its a post asking for help with why something DOES work ! > >Well, I booted up the ol machine tonight, and like a man guided by forces >beyond his control, I logged into root on console, loaded >the sound module (insmod sound), logged into root on x, disabled roots >arts , logged out, logged in as user (in X) and hey, whaddya know, >sound works ! > >If I unload sound /sbin/rmmod sound, the apps still work, so there is some >other vital sound module that is loaded at bootup. > >So I've given up understanding how THAT works tonight, I have the old >modules.conf file that I sent out earlier, I guess roots arts was hogging >the device on bootup.... > >oh, well I was reading that it takes 1 week to get sound working on RH8.0, >and I guess I just added to that statistic. > >In linux everything works...eventually :) > >-kg > > >-- >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 _____________________________________________________________ Powered by a short email address ... http://www.k.st _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- 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
