Help sound card shows up but don't work.

[DjZ2001]

Ya I have Mandrake 7.2 and this is the only thing that doesn't work. I have Awe 64 gold sound card and in the setup it shows it but when I try to open anything with sound in it it says that the device is not configured correctly. When I try to configure it it won't let me save with a message saying that it's buisy.

HELP :confused:

[sincka]

Sorry I am not very familiar with Mandrake and can't help you too much on that but you could give a little more info on what you did and how you tried to configure it. What program did you use... what driver... you know stuff like that.

[DjZ2001]

Ok I'll give you as much info as I can find. I didn't actually set it up. it did it automaticly in the setup. I used Hard Drake to try and configure it. Hmm driver?? I'd tell you if I knew.

Here's how it's set up. I can not change this cause it won't let me

Kernel Module: sb
Bus Type: ISA
OPL3: YES
MPU401: yes
DMA2/16 YES

[DjZ2001]

Come on people pleezx help me :rolleyes:

[Pierre Lambion]

Try cat somefile.wav > /dev/dsp as root. If this doesn't work, then try running sndconfig, I think it is what Mandrake use.

P.

[mangeli]

Are you logged in as root when you're trying to use the card? If not, try using the sound card when you're logged in as root.

If it works as root and not as a regular user, you need to type

chmod 0777 /dev/dsp

on the command line when you are logged in as root.

this shares the device with everyone.

[DjZ2001]

ok thanx you guys. it works now. :p

[mangeli]

What was wrong with it?

[DjZ2001]

I dunno. I did the thing p. told me