Re: gnome, soundcard... not working quite right
Check if you *have* a /dev/sndstat, teh module might be loaded with no
device to work with. If not, then (as root) cd /dev, ./MAKEDEV audio
--dave
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Jaron Abbott wrote:
> I finally got my net connection up and running, and am most impressed
> at how easy it is to install new software using dselect! My GUI and
> soundcard, however, are still not working quite right.
>
> I have a SoundBlaster PCI128. I recompiled the kernel with the es1370
> driver, which is supposed to work. After rebooting, I tried the
> command "more /dev/sndstat", and it said "/dev/sndstat: No such device."
> According to the Sound-HOWTO, this means that the module hasn't been
> loaded. This seems quite unnecessary to me, as I compiled the driver
> right into the kernel. And besides, my card <I>is</I> able to produce
> sound.
>
> Now, when I started X (I'm using gnome and enlightenment), it gave many
> errors. I eventually figured out that when I ran "esd" as root, that
> most of these errors went away. However, I can only run this command
> as root. There is a CD-ROM player that came with the KDE packages that
> I downloaded. When I tried playing a CD, it complained that /dev/cdrom
> did not exist. After symlinking cdrom to hdd, and chmoding it 666,
> this problem went away, but the sound is extremely quiet. Even with
> the volume at 100% on the CD-player, I can hardly hear it (the same
> holds when I splay MP3s). There is also some sort of problem with the
> gnome-name-service. Anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Here's my .xsession:
> exec gnome-session
>
> And here's the .xsession-errors:
> xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
> xscreensaver disabling server builtin screensaver.
> xscreensaver: you can re-enable it with "xset s on".
> subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for
> device
>
> ** WARNING **: Could not get name service!
>
> ** ERROR **: file goad.c: line 606 (real_goad_server_activate):
> assertion failed: (name_service != CORBA_OBJECT_NIL)
> aborting...
> rm: cannot remove `/home/jaron/.gnome//gmc-iXVjVx': No such file or
> directory
>
> I tried making my .xsession as follows:
> gnome-name-service &
> exec gnome-session
>
> And here's what happened in the .xsession-errors:
>
> IOR:014f1c402800000049444c3a6f6d672e6f72672f436f734e616d696e672f4e616d696e67436f6e746578743a312e300002000000caaedfba4000000001010000290000002f746d702f6f726269742d6a61726f6e2f6f72622d31373231383336323936343234373236353030000300000800000000000000010000000000000038000000010100002200000043523737393832382d412e6c6e646e312e6f6e2e776176652e686f6d652e636f6d001009080000000000000001000000
> xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
> xscreensaver disabling server builtin screensaver.
> xscreensaver: you can re-enable it with "xset s on".
> subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for
> device
> rm: cannot remove `/home/jaron/.gnome//gmc-VEe1cr': No such file or
> directory
>
>
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