I just compiled the Openvortex alsa drivers for my Turtle Beach Montego 2 sound card (Vortex 2), I loaded the modules and everything loads fine, no warnings etc.

lsmod shows this:

snd-seq 33616 0 (autoclean)
uhci 24560 0 (unused)
usbcore 58144 1 [uhci]
snd-au8830 38520 0
gameport 1452 0 [snd-au8830]
snd-pcm 55968 0 [snd-au8830]
snd-timer 13284 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 6004 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 37240 0 [snd-au8830]
snd-mpu401-uart 3136 0 [snd-au8830]
snd-rawmidi 12480 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3904 0 [snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd 27460 0 [snd-seq snd-au8830 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
tuner 9696 1 (autoclean)
tvaudio 12188 2 (autoclean)
tda7432 3676 1 (autoclean)
bttv 67936 0 (unused)
i2c-algo-bit 6984 1 [bttv]
i2c-core 12708 0 [tuner tvaudio tda7432 bttv i2c-algo-bit]
videodev 5632 2 [bttv]
btaudio 10508 1
soundcore 3332 5 [snd bttv btaudio]
pcmcia_core 38112 0
ide-scsi 8048 0
tulip 41248 1

Alsamixer also shows all of the channels and all are unmuted. Problem is when I start kde i get this message:

Sound Server Informational Message:
Error while initalizing sound driver, can't set requested samplerate (Requested 44100 got 32000) Server will continue using null output device.

Has anyone encoutered this problem before and/or has any idea how to fix it, could the problem also be from my tv tuner card?

Thanks
Kris

to adjust your audio settings type: aumix -I

that is "aumix " plus a minus capital i [eye] (for interactive).

does this help?

Thanks for your help simplico but it still doesnt work, the other thing I noticed is that in KMix and in aumix the inputs and outputs for the sound card don't show up. I'm not sure what could be causing that problem since alsamixer sees everything.

glooba, if at all possible u might want to try installing mandrake 9.1. it is definitely well worth it. it recognized my hp printer, scanner, digital cam, sound card, etc. it's comparable to windows xp, which comes with all these built-in "drivers". stick with slack for a bit more b/c u might like it. if i come upon any solution i will let you know.

Thanks for all your help simplico, I probably will go to mandrake if I can't fix this. I also managed to narrow down the problem a bit more. By turning off hotplug on Slackware my tv tuner card modules werent being loaded, what I've found is that the tv card was using /dev/dsp and that was why kde's sound server could not change the bitrate, with the tv tuner card disabled, I now get the no device /dev/dsp message, so I guess I've narrowed it down a little more.

I finally got my sound working, the problem was that my oss compatibility modules were not loading. Simple as that the fix is documented in the install instructions.