hi i installed sarge on a dell optiplex gx1 but cant get any sound.
when i run mp3blaster it says cannot open sound device. can anyone help.
nothing shows up in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages.
thanks for any help.85

I'm no expert, but I had similar problems on my system. Try cat audio cat audio0, and cat dsp to see if you get any results. If you get something like no such file or directory then you need to install ALSA or open sound, if you do get results, then it could just be your mixer is muted and the volumes are all the way down. What Windows manager are you using? If you are using KDE go to Menu>>Multimedia>>Kmix. If you don't have a multimedia menu, then you need to go back to your distro cds (or however you got the distro) and get them. If you can I would recommend getting the 2.6.8 kernel as opposed to the stock 2.4.x kernel, it makes audio so much easier.

I have an Optiplex GX1. I ran alsaconf and it set up my sound. After that you might run alsamixer to make sure the sound is turned up right.