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Yamaha OPL3 Problem

I've had SuSE 8.0 for over a year, but only recently began playing with it. I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux. I've installed it on my old 200 MHz Toshiba Infinia PC, along with Windows 98. My problem is I can't get sound from the Yamaha OPL3 chip which is on board. (It works fine in Windows)

I've tried using YaST2 to set it up, but after selecting the proper choices, I get the following message:

"An error occurred during the installation of OPL3 SA3, YAMAHA

"The kernel module snd-oplssa2 for sound support could not be loaded. This can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters."

I've searched for information on this and have printed lots of what I have read but, like I said, I'm new at this and obviously very dense. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I should try - and some guidance as to how to implement your suggestions? Thanks,

TiredPuppy

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Thanks anupnelip. After some tweaking, I was finally able to get the sound enabled. However, it was temporary as it failed to work the next time I booted up and I couldn't get it to work again. Besides that, the CD-rom application failed to recognize the file type of a music cd I tried to play. I think Linux is more trouble than it's worth, at least on the old P1 machine I'm trying to run it on. It was just a hobby experiment, but I've experienced too much frustration to pursue it further. Again, thanks for you help. I'm sure if I knew what I was doing, it would be possible to force the system to accept the changes and remember them. Best wishes,

TiredPuppy