I bought an Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard based on the nForce2 chipset.

I have tried the OSS intel810_audio module and ALSA and in both cases I am able to play sounds. However, I can't play sounds in two different programs at the same time. /dev/dsp seems to be blocked.

Has anyone succeded in playing two sounds simultaneously on an A7N8X or an other nForce2 based motherboard?

I have an MSI nforce and its fine for multichannel audio.

Nforce2 doesn't support more than one app for sound on the hardware side with Linux - sucks.
Thanks for bringing this up - almost forgot to pick up a new mobo.

I couldn't figure out why I got no sound for quite some time. Turns out my webcam/microphone was using sound at same time so I could not use nforce onboard sound. I just unplugged my webcam and I'm set. Still sucks though.

Crash, did you even read my post?

"I have an nForce motherboard with Multichannel Audio"

I have it. It works. Just fine in fact. I use suse. I can play mp3's while watching a video and running 2 0r 3 games and here the whole jumbled mess of sound all at the same time.

nForce sound does work in multichannel mode in linux. Probably just depends on your distro. In fact, I have my nForce set up with 5.1 surround out, which linux also supported without a problem.

assuming your sound is working allready on kernel level

and

if you use alsa

do:
chmod 666 /dev/snd/pcm*

then configure you alsamixer settings right,
and be happy with multichannel sound.


i use abit nf7-s and this issue is not mobo spetsific.
and nforce sound is able for multichannel.it is due mixer you are using ,why some of you are locked to one single sound.

Yes - I did.I was talking about hardware mixing.
Info: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...dio+AND+mixing
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...-Nvidia#matrix

Ok, I see what you got in your links there. Though I'm still very confused... once again. I have an MSI nForce 2 motherboard... I use the Nvidia nforce drivers. I can play a song, and a movie at the same time and have sound from both. I can play games and songs and have sound in both.

So basically, I have sound from any number of programs I have running, all at the same time. No lockups, no freezups. No errors.

Isnt this hardware mixing?

You are running arts,esound or some other app that does software mixing.Basically that takes the output of different apps and mixes it into one hardware channel.
That does work more or less reliable depending on the software mixer,the apps used and the distro.
Doesn't work too good for me without tweaking but sound isn't impotant enough for me to go there.
Didn't see my home box for six weeks though but according to the alsa doc's nothing changed on the hardware support side for nforce.
Probably I'll just go and get a soundblaster card.

Ok then. Now your going to have to explain why I can have 2 computers, both running Suse 9.0 with identical installs. Both using the i810 driver for audio, and only the nForce has multichannel audio... cause its still acting like the nForce that I have set up with suse, has, and is using the multichannel soundcard capability... while the other computer I have with suse, which does not have a multichannel card, is not.

I don't have to

Anyway - that nforce2 doesn't support hardware mixing with Linux is common knowledge.Software mixing is another issue.The i810 driver is used for a lot of different hardware setups with different support and capabilities depending on the hardware.I can run all the stuff I want to at the same time on my laptop with arts and the i810 driver on my stationary it craps out.
I really don't feel to research the issue any further unless you tell me why my browser tries to open links as files - thats pretty much on top of my agenda right now.

Browser links as files.. Depends what manager your using, but it means you've accidently, or through a bug, got the file extension for an html or other link set as a file type rather than as a link... Had this problem. Don't know how to fix it. I upgraded and it went away...

It's definitely a kde problem but that is as far as I got - I'll get it though.
I'd say we quit here - don't want to hijack the thread.

Hey Caeda, What speaker system do you use? I have tried everything and DO NOT GET surround sound. Would I install alsamixer first then nforce drivers? Post your formula for getting this working please. I have had the best working on it and my rear speakers still don't produce.
Thanks

Altex lanseng 5.1 gaming system. You also have to make sure the appropriate surround mixers are unmuted and enabled..