Solved, was: Lost sound capabilities (/dev/dsp: No such device)

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:15:23 -0400, 
Levi Waldron <lw@cedar.forestry.utoronto.ca> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 200309251415.23199.lw@cedar.forestry.utoronto.ca>:

> I feel so stupid.  ad1848 is not the correct module for the OPL3-SA2
> sound board.  opl3sa2 is the correct module.  Arnt, you reminded me
> with your recursive module loading idea, that that is how I originally
> figured out which sound module to load: by loading every sound module
> and seeing which one worked.  Somehow, and I have no idea how, the
> opl3sa2 line in /etc/modules got changed to apl3sa2, and rather than
> noticing that I went about assuming that ad1848 is was the problem,
> when in fact it was an unused module.  Anyways, "modprobe opl3sa2"
> makes sound work.  PROBLEM SOLVED.  In the future, when lsmod says
> (unused) by a module, I'll remember that it really means it!  Thanks
> for all your help, Arnt.

..adding to your embarassment ;-) ,  next time you (help) 
get stuff fixed, advice so in the subject line.  :-)

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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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