I've installed Red
Hat 8.0 on a Dell CPI laptop everything went well expect the sound doesn't
work.
As background: Every
previous version of RedHat I've installed on this laptop, I've had to run
"sndconfig" as root and sound would start working after that. With the
release of RedHat 8.0, they've retired "sndconfig" and instead one has to run
"/usr/bin/redhat-config-soundcard"
1) An 'artsmessage'
error appears upon bootup "Sound server informational message: Error while
initializing the sound driver. device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such
device) The sound server will continue, using the null output
device".
2) I then ran
"/usr/bin/redhat-config-soundcard" as root. A dialog box appeared telling
me it detected a "Neomagic Magicmedia 256AV Audio" soundcard and had a "play
test sound" button. Clicking the button did NOT play a sound. I
clicked OK. Still no sound.
3) I read up
on some msg boards and it appeared in some prior versions that the permissions
on /dev/dsp were wrong. So I 'chmod 666 dsp' still no
sound.
Anyone know what the
deal is????
Thanks,
David
Moore
