CM8738 "Sound Blaster compatible"?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 12:46:27PM -0500, Chris Aitken wrote:
> I guess not - I can play CDs and I clicked 'Enable sound server startup' and 'Sound
> Events' (which work OK - sounds when I log on, click on things, etc.) in [GNOME
> footprint] > Programs > Settings > Multimedia > Sound. But as you pointed out I
> guess this only means that the amplifier in the card is working.

If you enable sound server in gnome (ESD) then that would probably
explain VMware not being able to use the sound card.  Try turning off
sound events in gnome.

> Yeah, but that only got the video card working properly. Maybe that would let
> VMware use the linux sound module if it was loaded, but I guess it's not so it
> won't.

I think gnome locking the sound device for it's own use is the real
problem.

Lennart Sorensen
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