Re: [Sound] Re: RH8.0 No sound

[lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Harrington wrote:

> Bill
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I have never had sound after I migrated to RH8.0.The other
> configurations have been due to me trying to get sound to work.
>
> Further exploration shows that :-
> a. The directory /dev/synth mentioned in the dmesg does not appear to
> exist.
>
> b. Reading through the Red Hat Linux 8 Bible which I have just received
> shows some device directories for audio programs. Apparently,
> /dev/sndstat has the status of the sound drivers. In my case, this has,
> "no such device"
>
> c. Likewise, the /dev/audio, /dev/audio1, /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp1,
> /dev/mixer, /dev/mixer1, /dev/sequencer and /dev/midi00 all have the "no
> such device" in their directories.
>
> What do I do next?
>
> Regards
>
> Roger
>
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 07:35, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>  
>
> > Roger Harrington (linuxmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> >    
> >
> > > I am using a Yamaha OPL3-SAx soundcard but have absolutely zero sound
> > > with RH8.0 It worked with RH7.2
> > >
> > > The kernel sees the card during bootup as shown in dmesg: -
> > > isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> > > isapnp: Card 'OPL3-SA3 Sound Board'
> > > isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
> > > speakup:  initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25)
> > >      
> > What happens at this point if you just try to play sounds (ignoring
> > all the other configuration you tried... it *should* just work at
> > this point.)
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
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i'm also having trouble with some sounds not working ..minor mostly but 
aggrivating..they all work in RH7.3 but not rh8..ie: xchat beeps ( minor 
yes ) some system sounds etc..

is this related to your issue ?

lee