SparcStation 20 sound

From: John Zbesko (johnzbesko@mediaone.net)
Date: Sun Apr 08 2001 - 21:03:36 PDT

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    From: John Zbesko <johnzbesko@mediaone.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:03:36 -0500
Message-Id: <01040823232801.01281@zparc>
Subject: SparcStation 20 sound

    I upgraded to SuSE 7.1, hopinng it would help me get sound working on my SS20.
    Alas, I run YaST2 and it correctly identifies and installs the sound driver for
    the Sun DBRI and says I can use it immediately, but it does not seem to work.

    When I try to start aRts from the command line, I get the error message:

     Error while initializing the sound driver:
    SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT failed - Invalid argument

    Also, the alsaconf tool crashes when I envoke it from the SuSE configuration
    menu.

    Another silly question. I see 4 plugs on the back of the SS20 for sound- one
    labelled for a headphone, one for a mike (?), and one each for in and out
    signal. I'm using a headset that works with my PC soundcard. Is this headset
    supposed to work with the SS20, or is there some special audio device I have to
    use?

    Thank you for your help.

    John Zbesko

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