/dev/dsp not found: KDE/ALSA

[Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org>]

I am running alsa and KDE.  The first time I log into KDE I get an
error that /dev/dsp can't be found.  It's there when I look.  If I log
out and back in, I get no warning, and sound works.

I believe I have all the modules.conf setup properly.  I suspect that
the relevant module isn't being dynamically loaded properly, but I'm
not sure what the cause or the cure is.  Can anyone help?

Here's a bit a modules.conf:

### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa

## First, the device major numbers
#alsa native
alias char-major-116 snd
# OSS/Free
alias char-major-14 soundcore

options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0
options snd-card-sbawe snd_index=0 snd_id="AWE" snd_isapnp=1



## multiplexer needs top level soundcard
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-sbawe
# OSS/Free
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

## Done with ALSA, but OSS needs more
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss


### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa

### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa-path
# Debian ALSA modules path
# Do not edit this unless you understand what you're doing.
path=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/alsa

### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa-path


Kernel 2.4.12.  System is basically woody.
Here are my alsa packages:

ii  alsa-base             0.9+0beta9-1          ALSA driver common files
ii  alsa-modules-2.4.10   0.9+0beta7-2+p0+rb.1  Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
ii  alsa-modules-2.4.12   0.9+0beta7-2+p0+rb.6  Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
ii  alsa-source           0.9+0beta9-1          ALSA driver source
ii  alsa-utils            0.9.0beta4-1          Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utils)
ii  alsa-utils-0.5        0.5.9b-3              Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utils)
ii  alsaplayer            0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA
ii  alsaplayer-alsa       0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA (ALSA autput module)
ii  alsaplayer-esd        0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA (ESD output module)
ii  alsaplayer-oss        0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA (OSS output module)

These problems occurred when everything was at beta7, so I don't think
the fact I haven't compiled the latest source is the problem.