Re: AC97 Integrated Soundcard and Debian 3
From: John Doe (thad_at_martyria.localdomain)
Date: 12/21/03
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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:32:42 GMT
On 2003-12-21, Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Eirik <hxaxnxnxixbxaxlxkxaxnxnxixbxaxlx@xyxaxhxoxox.no> writes:
>
>> I have a Via AC97 soundcard integrated in my motherboard. It doesn't work.
>> When I try to use applications that involve sound, I get the message
>> "/dev/dsp: Device not found".
>>
>> In order to fix the problem, I moved /dev/dsp1 to /dev/dsp(although it
>> existed before that), but nothing happened. I lost my /dev/dsp1, and I now
>> have /dev/dsp(which is really /dev/dsp1), /dev/dsp2 and /dev/dsp3.
>>
>> What should I do?
>
> I'm no expert to say the least, but I have Via AC97 and using kernels
> like 2.2 was no good. i use redhat and now fedora using the 2.4.22
> kernel. i can play and record sound. like i said, i'm no expert and
> i've learned the little that i know through sheer trial and error,
> good and bad luck, and lots of failure, but i've found that for sound
> just stick with the latest stable kernel version from your favorite
> flavor of linux and sooner or later AC97 should play on your computer.
My experience is different. I have run RedHat, fedora, and now slackware.
I have the AC97 integrated onboard sound but it conflicted with my NIC on
RH and fedora (knoppix showed me this). So I disabled that onboard sound
in the BIOS and bought a cheap pci sound card, which works.
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