i have fedora core linux 3 installed on my P4 3.0ghz system. It has a n in-built sound card. Everythign works out fine except for this error " unable to find device driver dev/dsp" . i cudnt install my mother board's cd onto the linux OS as it doesnt support it.

M also v new to linux n jsut know the basics. Some1 please help me

Thanks in advance

Regards
Aditya

Try bringing up a terminal and typing the command 'lspci -v' (without quotes). Post the output here. This should tell us what the sound card model is, which will help in figuring out how to use it.

Is there any particular reason that you're using Fedora Core 3? It is a couple of years old and no longer updated by Red Hat. The current release is Fedora Core 7, which includes more recent drivers, so you may well find that installing Fedora Core 7 instead of 3 fixes the problem.

Hi,

Really sorry for the late reply!!!

There's no particular reason that i'm using FC3, jsut that its not for any business purpose. I'm just using it at home for personal use. That's all.

I've pasted the required below. Please help me .. !!

[root@localhost ~]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 915G/P/GV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ff400000-ff4fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d00fffff
Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [140] Unknown (5)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
Memory at ffa00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device e203
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
Memory at ffac0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ff800000-ff8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0400000-00000000d0400000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ff700000-ff7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0300000-00000000d0300000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ff600000-ff6fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0200000-00000000d0200000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ff500000-ff5fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0100000-00000000d0100000
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
I/O ports at c800 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
Memory at ffac4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: ff900000-ff9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0500000-00000000d0500000
Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
I/O ports at e800 [size=8]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
I/O ports at e000 [size=8]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=4]
I/O ports at d800 [size=16]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 193
I/O ports at c400 [size=32]

06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3057
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209
Memory at ff900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at bc00 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Could someone help me in this regard?? I'm desperate to know the solution!

Could someone help me out in this regard?

My best bet is that your motherboard is newer than FC3. So FC3 does not know how to deal with your chipset. I would advise switching to a more current version. Fedora 8 (core was retired with FC6) is the current version.

ok Laz, thanks for ur advice. But isn't there any other solution to this problem like upgrading just the sound drivers, because that is the only problem in my linux.

Also, could you tell me whether FC is available as an opensource so that i can download it from the internet.

Fedora is completely open source. If anyone tries to charge you (other than a media and shipping charge) they are scammers.

http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

As Fedora is a work in progress and not a product as such, each version is supported only for a limited time. FC3's time has long since passed. I think that you will be amazed at the improvements from FC3 to F8.

Good Luck
Lazlow