[K12OSN] can't get sound on Dell GX1's using K12LTSP v 5

[Peter Scheie]

You might try Gideon Romm's oss-alsa sound patch at 
http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#esd_ALSA_sound_on_LTSP_4_2
I had to use that to get sound working on some Dell Latitude laptops.

Petre

Jim Anderson wrote:
> I've been trying to get sound without success.  I have a room full of 
> Dell GX1 computers.  According to Dell's specs, and as confirmed with a 
> Knoppix live CD, the sound chip is a CS4236.  I have changed my lts.conf 
> to reflect this.  here's the relevant section:
> 
> # enable sound by default
>         SOUND              = Y
>         # choose either esd or nasd to be the default (esd only on x86_64)
>     SOUND_DAEMON       = "esd"
>     # SOUND_DAEMON     = "nasd"
> 
>         # default sound volume
>         VOLUME             = 75
> 
>         ### For ISA sound cards, you have to specify the module to use:
>         SMODULE_01       = "snd-cs4236"
> # io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1"
> 
> I don't know the io and irq for the card, which is supposedly PnP.
> 
> The error the clients get at boot is:
> /dev/dsp: no such file or directory
> 
> There is no /dev/dsp directory.  I have various sound apps installed but 
> obviously they are not working.
> Help!
> 
> Jim Anderson,
> The Cornerstone Residence,
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> 
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