Re: [Sound] please help a newbie, red hat 8 and cs4610

[Steven Rubenstein <rubensteintrans@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=details&hid=4305 doesn't show 
that 8.0 supports Crystal Audio - SoundFusion (CS46xx Series) (which 
isn't necessarily to say it DOESN'T support it).

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ shows that ALSA supports CS4610, 
CS4612, CS4614, CS4615, CS4622, CS4624, CS4630

If you want to use ALSA, their installation instructions have an error:
betwen ./configure and ./make install, you need to do a ./make.

SJR


  > Tejas Gandhi wrote:
  >
  >> Hey guys, I'm brand spanking new to Linux and am in
  >> need of some help.  I just installed Red Hat 8 and I
  >> have an old Cirrus Logis CS4610 SoundFusion Audio
  >> Accelerator (according to soundcard detection).  I can
  >> hear audio cd's just fine, but I cant get any other
  >> kind of sounds to play (including the test sounds).
  >> When I start a session using KDE, I get the following
  >> error...
  >>
  >> 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.
  >>
  >> I apparently cannot get into /dev/mixer either when I
  >> try to run gnome-volume-control
  >>
  >> According to Hardware Browser, these are my sound
  >> cards...
  >>
  >> Crystal Audio:GAME
  >> Manufacturer:Unknown
  >> Driver:cs4232
  >> Device:N/A
  >>
  >> Crystal Audio:MPU
  >> Manufacturer:Unknown
  >> Driver:cs4232
  >> Device:N/A
  >>
  >> Crystal Audio:WSS/SB
  >> Manufacturer:Unknown
  >> Driver:ad1848
  >> Device:N/A
  >>
  >>
  >> there is also 1 under Unknown Devices
  >>
  >> Crystal Audio:CTRL
  >> Manufacturer:Unknown
  >> Driver:ns558
  >> Device:N/A
  >>
  >> I've tried using sndconfig also, but my soundcard is not supported
by it.
  >>
  >> I used to have RH8 installed before also, but could
  >> not figure out how to fix the audio problem.

  >> I had even tried ALSA but I always got some kind of error
  >> when I tried compiling/configuring/installing it
  >> according to the directions on their website.
  >>
  >> At this point, I'm not sure about what other
  >> information I need to give, but is there anybody who
  >> can help me?
  >>
  >> Thanks in advance,
  >> Tejas Gandhi