[plug] Mandrake LE2005 Sound

[David Dartnall]

I've had an absolute gutful of trying to get consistency in the sound system.

The sound is on the motherboard, ICH4 845G/GL Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller, maybe my problems relate to this.
My last report to this list was of thanks to those of you who offered help. I had sound for mouth, playing cd's and headphones and mike worked, but no midi. I was able to complete one skype-out call and now nothing - seems as though KDE takes control, /dev/dsp in use by another process, and amarok returns the message 'The file or folder /Full CD does not exist' but indicates that the sound is being played.

It's too bloody complicated for me!

MAybe I should buy a sound card (with hardware synth to avoid further difficulty when I finally get consistent sound and have to move on to Rosegardsen's synth and sound font requirements).

Is anyone able to advise on a suitable card please?

regards
Dave Dartnall




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