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03-17-2004, 12:10 PM	#1
digitalbrutus LQ Newbie Registered: Mar 2004 Posts: 25 Rep:	Sound Server Initialization Error I get an error during booting and also when configuring sound server that "Error while initilizing the sound driver. device /dev/dsp cant be opened(No such device). Sound server will continue using the NULL output device" Why is this problem. My sound card was earlier detected as AC97 and was able to play sound and now its giving me this error. Please help. Iam using RH7.2

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