Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Adam (<a24061@yahoo.com>) wrote:

> [...]
> Also, I have no sound.  When I log into KDE, I get this error:
> 
> Sound server informationl message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
> 
> I installed sndconfig, since I've had luck with that on my previous
> distro. It identifies the card:
> 
>  "A PCI sound card was found in your system. The details are: Model:
> Ensoniq|5880 AudioPCI"
> then says
> "An error occurred while writing the config file."
> 
> And of course, I can't get any sound out.


Find out which driver you have to load. You can use Google groups for
that. Then add a line

alias sound-slot-0 yourdriver

to /etc/modutils/aliases and run update-modules. Next add yourself to
the audio group and log out and in again.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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