-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 11:29:32AM -0500, nick phillips wrote: > hello debian laptop list! > > i'm a complete linux newbie who's recently installed debian 2.2.17 on a > toshiba tecra 8000. everything seems to have worked ok except for the > soundcard. i use wmaker, and using the cdplayer or other sound utilities i > get no sound whatsoever. when i run gnome-session, i get a string of error > messages saying '\dev\dsp: no such device." when i run 'car \dev\sndstat' i > show no drivers loaded. > > so, all this leads me to believe i need to load a driver for the soundcard, > which is a yamaha opl-sa3. however, i'm not sure how i do that! i tried > running dselect, but i don't see any sound driver packages, and i'm kind of > at a loss as to how to configure the sound driver. if someone could help me > out, or point me towards a website that would help, i would really > appreciate it!
There aren't any packages per se; all the drivers you need are part of the kernel. Use modconf to load the one you need. HTH & HAND, - -- Mike Alborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # http://odoitau.dyn.dhs.org # PGP Key ID: C36DC30B signed/encrypted mail preferred BOFH excuse #143: had to use hammer to free stuck disk drive heads. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjyWG64ACgkQmyUqpsNtwwul0ACg33x6OCWPHTYLVMxquUUE1/zd e1oAoLallIimObY7BZSxXYFfivCWTex/ =Slaa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
