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Posted Aug 01, 2008 at 5:20:53 PM
Subject: DSL on Dell CP laptop has no sound. oss_open() says no /dev/

I think the issue is oss doesn't support this card.

I believe Alsa does.

Here's some info:
Laptop: http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...ojav/specs.htm
Audio:
Audio controller Crystal 4237B
Audio type Sound Blaster Pro-compatible voice and music functions
Stereo conversion 16-bit (analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog)
FM music synthesizer 20-voice, 72-operator
Interfaces:
ISA bus


I'm running DSL on this laptop, and getting things working. But sound isn't working yet. What can I do?
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rokytnji
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Posted: Aug 04, 2008 5:20:41 AM
Subject: DSL on Dell CP laptop has no sound. oss_open() says no /dev/

I couldn.t find anything for configuring your Audio controller Crystal 4237B in DSL and your Dell link doesn't work. The best I could do was find this thread for configuring Your Audio controller Crystal 4237B.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=90869

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raluxs
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Posted: Aug 04, 2008 4:57:45 PM
Subject: DSL on Dell CP laptop has no sound. oss_open() says no /dev/

I have used this same laptop model with mandriva linux and the sound worked fine, but this was using the ALSA drivers, maybe you need to add the alsa extension available for DSL.

Good luck
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