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Re: gnome, soundcard... not working quite right



Yup, it's there.  MAKEDEV audio seems to run okay, cat sndstat still
returns the same response.  In case it's relevant, I don't think I
mentioned that I'm running Potato.

Thanks

David Blackmad wrote:
> 
> 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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