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Thread ID: 42734	2004-02-20 23:08:00	Fedora installtion - sound server error message	chiefnz (545)	Press F1

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217030	2004-02-20 23:08:00	Hi guys well I've finally managed to install Fedora, and I must say it looks really smooth, I just have to get used to the KDE interface now. I have one problem though... when I boot up into Fedora I get a dialog box which says the following "Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: can't start sound i/o. The sound server will continue, using the null output device" With my recent installations of Red Hat 8/9 I couldn't get my mp3's to play, but I never had this message appear at all. Now I was thinking... I have an onboard audio chip ( Sound Max 5.1) but it's disabled and I use my Sound Blaster Live 5.1 card instead... could this be the problem with the sound system or is there something else. Also can I install the Open Office package (1.5 I think it is) from the PC World CD over the default Open Office installation which comes with Fedora or do I have to uninstall it first? cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217031	2004-02-21 00:25:00	> I have one problem though... when I boot up into > Fedora I get a dialog box which says the following > > "Sound server informational message: > Error while initializing the sound driver: > can't start sound i/o. > The sound server will continue, using the null output > device" Have you got any sound at all? Run redhat-config-soundcard and test the soundcard detection. To see whether it is an issue with the KDE sounds look under Control Centre > Sound & Multimedia > Sound System and try the test. Also post back here with the output of: cat /proc/pci cat /etc/modules.conf cat /proc/modules ls -L -l /dev/dsp* These details will help troubleshoot the problem area. > With my recent installations of Red Hat 8/9 I > couldn't get my mp3's to play, but I never had this > message appear at all. When you get your sound sorted out, download and install the xmms-mp3 plugin for Fedora from here xmms-mp3-1.2.8-3.p.i386.rpm (www.gurulabs.com) > Also can I install the Open Office package (1.5 I > think it is) from the PC World CD over the default > Open Office installation which comes with Fedora or > do I have to uninstall it first? OpenOffice is only up to stable version 1.1.0 and Fedora already has 1.1.0. However when updating OpenOffice you can either install side-by-side the two versions or uninstall the old version first.	Jen C (20)
217032	2004-02-21 04:26:00	IIRC in Fedora you can edit /etc/modules.conf and un-comment out the line related to emu10k1 That should fix the problem :-) BTW - KDE isnt "smooth" til you're using Keramik ;-) Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
217033	2004-02-21 04:29:00	Ok I have sound when I play audio CD's. When I try the sound test I get the same error message which I posted in my original message above. OUTPUT FOR /proc/pci is..... PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev 2). Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xefffffff]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 2). Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8. Bus 0, device 29, function 0: USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 2). IRQ 10. I/O at 0xef00 [0xef1f]. Bus 0, device 29, function 1: USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 2). IRQ 11. I/O at 0xef20 [0xef3f]. Bus 0, device 29, function 2: USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 2). IRQ 5. I/O at 0xef40 [0xef5f]. Bus 0, device 29, function 3: USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 2). IRQ 10. I/O at 0xef80 [0xef9f]. Bus 0, device 29, function 7: USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 2). IRQ 11. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffc00 [0xfebfffff]. Bus 0, device 30, function 0: PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 194). Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2. Bus 0, device 31, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 2). Bus 0, device 31, function 1: IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 2). IRQ 5. I/O at 0xfc00 [0xfc0f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40000000 [0x400003ff]. Bus 0, device 31, function 3: SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 2). IRQ 10. I/O at 0x400 [0x41f]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: PCI device 10de:0322 (nVidia Corporation) (rev 161). IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfdffffff]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd7ffffff]. Bus 2, device 5, function 0: Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 18). IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=23.Max Lat=31. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeafc000 [0xfeafffff]. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff]. Bus 2, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 16). IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0xd400 [0xd4ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeafbc00 [0xfeafbcff]. Bus 2, device 11, function 0: Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 10). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20. I/O at 0xdf80 [0xdf9f]. Bus 2, device 11, function 1: Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 10). Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0xdfe0 [0xdfe7]. OUTPUT FOR /etc/modules.conf is..... alias eth0 8139too alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : alias char-major-195 nvidia OUTPUT FOR /proc/modules is..... emu10k1 69256 1 (autoclean) ac97_codec 17192 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1] sound 74292 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1] parport_pc 19076 1 (autoclean) lp 9060 0 (autoclean) parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] autofs 13364 0 (autoclean) (unused) 8139too 16808 1 mii 3992 0 [8139too] ipt_REJECT 4344 1 (autoclean) ipt_state 1080 6 (autoclean) ip_conntrack 29256 1 (autoclean) [ipt_state] iptable_filter 2444 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 15776 3 [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter] floppy 58012 0 (autoclean) sg 36492 0 (autoclean) sr_mod 18168 0 (autoclean) microcode 4700 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi 12208 0 scsi_mod 108168 3 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi] ide-cd 35776 1 cdrom 33728 0 [sr_mod ide-cd] nls_iso8859-1 3516 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 5148 1 (autoclean) vfat 13036 1 (autoclean) fat 38872 0 (autoclean) [vfat] audio 46744 0 soundcore 6468 8 [emu10k1 sound audio] ov511 82336 0 printer 8960 0 videodev 8288 1 [ov511] keybdev 2976 0 (unused) hid 24708 0 (unused) ehci-hcd 20264 0 (unused) usb-uhci 26380 0 (unused) usbcore 79168 1 [audio ov511 printer hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci] mousedev 5556 1 (autoclean) input 5888 0 (autoclean) [keybdev hid mousedev] agpgart 54820 3 (autoclean) nvidia 2126088 6 (autoclean) ext3 71300 2 jbd 52084 2 [ext3] OUTPUT FOR ls -L -l /dev/dsp* is..... crw------- 1 denverwi root 14, 3 Sep 16 01:40 /dev/dsp crw------- 1 denverwi root 14, 3 Sep 16 01:40 /dev/dsp1 crw------- 1 denverwi root 14, 3 Sep 16 01:40 /dev/dsp56k I have no idea what all that means but I hope it helps. I have installed the xmms package but that didn't help either. What's wrong? cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217034	2004-02-21 04:41:00	Ok Chill I've tried what you've suggested and nothing worked, in fact it now says that Kmix is ill formatted. When I bring up the mixer applet it says select mixer but there's nothing in the drop-down list to choose. I think I broke it mate :( cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217035	2004-02-21 06:05:00	Try this: Open an xterm / konsole / gnome-terminal, whatever. su - [enter root pwd] sndconfig Follow through the prompts, it should pick it up no problems. Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
217036	2004-02-21 07:08:00	Well Chill I tried your advice and nothing worked. Autodetect picked up the SB Live but when playing the test sound I heard nothing. I tried manual configuration and the same thing happened Any ideas cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217037	2004-02-21 11:14:00	And kmix doesnt pick up the card? Try this: cat /dev/urandom >> /dev/dsp Hit Ctrl + C to stop it. Does anything come out? It had already detected your SB!Live card because the modules emu10k1 were loaded. Im thinking Volume problem? Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
217038	2004-02-21 23:01:00	Ok Chill I tried . . . . . cat /dev/urandom >> /dev/dsp All it said was . . . . . "cat: write error: No such device" Any ideas as to what's going on . Is anyone running Linux with a disabled onboard audio chip and a PCI sound card, like a SB Live or Audigy 1/2 . I still think that may be the problem . Do you think it's worth removing the SB Live and booting Linux like that, or is it not worth the effort . cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
217039	2004-02-22 00:42:00	Ah, so it HASNT configured it....! Ive got OnBoard AC '97 with my SB!Live. Does sndconfig not pick it up and make any changes???? Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
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