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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.
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 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.
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