Re: No sound in Sarge

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

dougpol1@adelphia.net wrote:

> Hello all, 
> 	Have installed Sarge and am getting an error 
> messege.  
> Error initializing sound server device /dev/dsp can't be 
> opened(no such device)sound driver will continue, using 
> the null output. 
> Is this a device i can download and install maybe with 
> aptget?  
> 				Thanks much,					 
> 				     Doug			   
>
>
>  
Are you a member of the "audio" group? If not, this might just be a 
permissions error.

But more likely, your sound module has not been installed. Run "lspci" 
to see what sound chipset you have, then run "modconf" to insert the 
appropriate module for that chipset.


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Kent West
westk@acu.edu