diff -ru quakeforge-0.5.5.orig1/libs/audio/targets/snd_oss.c quakeforge-0.5.5/libs/audio/targets/snd_oss.c
--- quakeforge-0.5.5.orig1/libs/audio/targets/snd_oss.c	2004-01-15 18:50:26.000000000 -0800
+++ quakeforge-0.5.5/libs/audio/targets/snd_oss.c	2008-06-04 15:47:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 static const char  *snd_dev = "/dev/dsp";
 static volatile dma_t sn;
 
-static int			tryrates[] = { 11025, 22050, 22051, 44100, 8000 };
+static int			tryrates[] = { 44100, 48000, 11025, 22050, 22051, 44100, 8000 };
 
 static cvar_t	   *snd_stereo;
 static cvar_t	   *snd_rate;
@@ -171,12 +171,6 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_GETOSPACE, &info) == -1) {
-		Sys_Printf ("Um, can't do GETOSPACE?: %s\n", strerror (errno));
-		close (audio_fd);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	sn.splitbuffer = 0;
 
 	// set sample bits & speed
@@ -194,6 +188,40 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (sn.samplebits == 16) {
+		rc = AFMT_S16_LE;
+		rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, &rc);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			Sys_Printf ("Could not support 16-bit data.  Try 8-bit. %s\n",
+						strerror (errno));
+			close (audio_fd);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else if (sn.samplebits == 8) {
+		rc = AFMT_U8;
+		rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, &rc);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			Sys_Printf ("Could not support 8-bit data. %s\n",
+						strerror (errno));
+			close (audio_fd);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		Sys_Printf ("%d-bit sound not supported. %s", sn.samplebits,
+					strerror (errno));
+		close (audio_fd);
+		return 0;
+	}
+    
+	tmp = sn.channels;
+	rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS, &tmp);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		Sys_Printf ("Could not set %s to stereo=%d: %s\n", snd_dev,
+					sn.channels, strerror (errno));
+		close (audio_fd);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (snd_rate->int_val) {
 		sn.speed = snd_rate->int_val;
 	} else {
@@ -209,25 +237,6 @@
 		sn.channels = 2;
 	}
 
-	sn.samples = info.fragstotal * info.fragsize / (sn.samplebits / 8);
-	sn.submission_chunk = 1;
-
-	tmp = 0;
-	if (sn.channels == 2)
-		tmp = 1;
-	rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO, &tmp);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		Sys_Printf ("Could not set %s to stereo=%d: %s\n", snd_dev,
-					sn.channels, strerror (errno));
-		close (audio_fd);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (tmp)
-		sn.channels = 2;
-	else
-		sn.channels = 1;
-
 	rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SPEED, &sn.speed);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		Sys_Printf ("Could not set %s speed to %d: %s\n", snd_dev, sn.speed,
@@ -236,31 +245,15 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (sn.samplebits == 16) {
-		rc = AFMT_S16_LE;
-		rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, &rc);
-		if (rc < 0) {
-			Sys_Printf ("Could not support 16-bit data.  Try 8-bit. %s\n",
-						strerror (errno));
-			close (audio_fd);
-			return 0;
-		}
-	} else if (sn.samplebits == 8) {
-		rc = AFMT_U8;
-		rc = ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, &rc);
-		if (rc < 0) {
-			Sys_Printf ("Could not support 8-bit data. %s\n",
-						strerror (errno));
-			close (audio_fd);
-			return 0;
-		}
-	} else {
-		Sys_Printf ("%d-bit sound not supported. %s", sn.samplebits,
-					strerror (errno));
+	if (ioctl (audio_fd, SNDCTL_DSP_GETOSPACE, &info) == -1) {
+		Sys_Printf ("Um, can't do GETOSPACE?: %s\n", strerror (errno));
 		close (audio_fd);
 		return 0;
 	}
-    
+
+	sn.samples = info.fragstotal * info.fragsize / (sn.samplebits / 8);
+	sn.submission_chunk = 1;
+
 	if (mmaped_io) {				// memory map the dma buffer
 		unsigned long sz = sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
 		unsigned long len = info.fragstotal * info.fragsize;