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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:54:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Fred Floberg <ffloberg@snet.net>
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Subject: Re: Sound not recognized  - RedHat 5.2
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On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Glenn PM wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I made the latest version of ALSA, which is the first that I could BTW,
> on RedHat 5.2 with linus kernel 2.2.0ac2. I followed all of the
> instructions and the method in the HOWTO (Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO) very
> carefully and have gone through all of your docs. I  have done it all
> three times now, reconfig, remake, various conf.modules, etc., and I
> can't get sound to be recognized. My sound card does work and I have
> timidity going, CDROM, etc., but not with ALSA. Hoping that you can help
> me.
> 
Looks as though you didn't disable sound in your kernel, according to
your /dev/sndstat file.

You'll need to disable the OSS sound driver that comes with your Linux
kernel (reconfigure, compile and install your kernel) so that OSS and
ALSA won't fight over resources.


Fred



