Bug#626043: gpsk31: Add hint for loading snd_pcm_oss kernel module

[Márton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu>]

Package: gpsk31
Version: 0.5-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch


When the sound device /dev/dsp does not exists gpsk31 reports the following error message on stderr:

$ ls -la /dev/dsp
ls: cannot access /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
$ gpsk31 
init_audio: can't open /dev/dsp
Cannot initialize audio device: /dev/dsp -1
$ gpsk31 -v
gpsk31 version 0.5

This can be fixed when ALSA sound device exists with loading the snd_pcm_oss kernel module. The attached patch adds a hint to the user how to she/he can try to fix it herself/himself.

$ gpsk31
init_audio: can't open /dev/dsp
Hint: you might want to try to load snd_pcm_oss kernel module
Cannot initialize audio device: /dev/dsp -1


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gpsk31 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.30.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-10         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2              1.8.10-6          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1         2.8.0-2.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.4.2-2.1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.5-8         GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.24.2-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.20.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.28.3-1+squeeze2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.5-8           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

gpsk31 recommends no packages.

gpsk31 suggests no packages.

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