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Old 12-11-2002, 08:28 PM   #1
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no sound on sis onboard sound kernel 2.4.18

ok i cant get my sound to wrok every time i boot up it gives me this error about couldnt find /dev/dsp . what can can i do to get my sounds working have tryed updating my kernel but im not really the smartest at it and i tryed appling the patch but it seems as though nothing happend please help.

here is what the error message looks like

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Sound server informational message:

Error while initializing the sound driver:

device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)

The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
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Old 12-11-2002, 08:38 PM   #2
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What SiS chipset is it?
Do "lspci -vv" for all the info.
 
Old 12-11-2002, 09:55 PM   #3
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heres what it says in my mobo book, mainboard uses the SiS 735 chipset...mainboard has a built-in AC87 Codec, and i dont know what you mean by
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Do "lspci -vv" for all the info.
 
Old 12-11-2002, 10:10 PM   #4
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In a terminal type (as root) "lspci -vv" (without the quotes).
 
Old 12-12-2002, 07:55 AM   #5
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ok i tryed that and it said it couldnt find that command thats why i asked if that was what i was supposed to type.
 
Old 12-12-2002, 07:58 AM   #6
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Did you do it as root?
 
Old 12-12-2002, 12:27 PM   #7
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yes i am doing it as root, is there any dir that i need to be in?
 
Old 12-12-2002, 05:05 PM   #8
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ok i got it working here is what it said....

SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0)
Subsystem: Elitegroup computer systems: unknown device 0a14
Control: I/0+ Men- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASNoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FASTB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME<DO-,D1-,D2-D3hot+,D3cold+>

thats all it says about it.
 
Old 12-12-2002, 07:36 PM   #9
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Ok, bad news I'm afraid, the SiS7012 sound controller isn't suported, SiS have been promising a driver for over 12 months and have yet to deliver, you can try alsa or get a supported pci sound card.
 
Old 12-13-2002, 05:45 AM   #10
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how would i go about trying alsa? i really want my sound to work with out spending a lot of money.
 
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Go to http://www.alsa-project.org and follow the instructions.
 
  


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