No sound in Quake3 input/outpur error?

When I start up Quake3 I get this error with the starting of the sound services...



------- sound initialization -------
Could not mmap dma buffer PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ
trying mmap PROT_WRITE (with associated better compatibility / less performance code)
/dev/dsp: Input/output error
Could not mmap /dev/dsp
------------------------------------

I did a chmod 666 /dev/dsp, but to no prevail. Anyone know why this is happening. All my other games, and apps with sound work just fine. I use alsa, I increase PCM. I have Slackeware 10, and this happened with every distro that I tried with this computer, I did plenty. The sound is an AC '97 VIA tech onboard sound. Using the 2.6.7 kernel. GeForce FX 5500.

FIXED MY OWN PROBLEM!

Do this! (in root)

1. modprobe snd-pcm-oss

2. echo "quake3.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

3. echo "quake3.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss

nvmd. After the first single player map, it locks up, and the sounds keeps repeating, even after a logout, and a logback in. I have to fully reboot it for it to get back to normal. I do not recommend this.

what if u dont do the steps 2 and 3 ?

did a test, and it showed that the first step wasnt necessary. Good.
But the other 2 were needed.

also the same problem here
and i tried step 2 & 3
and the sound works fine in the menu of the game but as soon as i start to play it hangs and the sound keep repeating itself and i had to kill Xfree

any new tip here plz ?

and ow can i remove what he step 2 & 3 have done, i need to play the game again evn if witout sound

i have what echo added to teh files in step 2&3 as mentioned on linuxquestions.org
and i assured that the user can access /dev/dsp

but still the game hangs on the start of any stage or fight

Man. Theres got to be a work around. Besides, im sure everyone isnt expierencing this problem... or did the linux community just lived with it?

--EDIT--
Apparently, if you have a VIA chipset computer, with an AC'97 codec sound card (or onboard) then you'll need to get the latest drivers, and compile them into your kernel. I couldn't do it, because the make file gave out (surprise) an error. Nothing new about that. Go here to get it...
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/g...-1.1.15.tar.gz

ok it seems that there is no solution for the alsa thing with Quake3

i only need help now in telling me how to redo what the echo in step 2 & # done in my system so i can play Quake3 again even if it is without sound


should i remove the sentence that echo added to the oss file or what ?

After you restart your computer, it should automaticaly stop using that echo.