on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 05:56:59PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen insinuated: > on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 01:14:40AM -0800, Paul Johnson insinuated: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 09:47:46AM +0100, A Cjt wrote: > > > Also, would anyone suggest getting a separate sound card, or > > > sticking with the sound on this board? > > > > Soundblaster Live! 128 works marvelously and far better than any > > piece-o-shit on-board sound I've seen. > > while we're on the topic, what's the recommended way for getting an > external sound card to override the one that's on the mobo? I have > an Ensoniq ES1371 that I've been using all along, but since the > purchase of a new mobo with onboard sound, i haven't been able to > configure it correctly. I've compiled drivers for it into my > kernel; i disabled the mobo sound in the BIOS ... but i still get > the error(s) > > libao - OSS cannot set rate to 44100 Error: Cannot open device oss. > > or > > Can't find a suitable libao driver. (Is device in use?) > > when i try to play anything (depending on if i try to play oggs or > mp3s). > > any pointers?
solved -- i linked /dev/dsp to /dev/dsp1, instead of /dev/dsp0, and it
works like a charm. weird.
thanks,
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