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Old 07-28-2001, 06:20 PM   #1
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trouble with sound(I have none)

I am runnign MandrakeLinux 8.0 and can not seem to set up my sound card. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks
 
Old 07-28-2001, 06:23 PM   #2
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Me neither, I have an ESS soundcard and all the drivers i can find are for windows
 
Old 07-28-2001, 06:25 PM   #3
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Re: trouble with sound(I have none)
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I am runnign MandrakeLinux 8.0 and can not seem to set up my sound card. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks
Exactly what sound card are you using?

cheers

Jamie...
 
Old 07-28-2001, 06:32 PM   #4
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only thing I see in the windows device manager is ess audio device. Most of my games in windows use the soundblaster setting.
 
Old 07-28-2001, 06:40 PM   #5
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Its probably worth taking the card out and reading the number off the chip. If its a PCI card then the output from lspci will probably give some major hints. The we'll be able to have a look in the kernel to see if its supported.

cheers

Jamie...
 
Old 07-28-2001, 07:48 PM   #6
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Do you get any error running sndconfig?
 
  


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