Hi John, I am running Linux 2.4.2 + (devfsd 1.3.11), alsa-modules 0.5.10b-6 which might be somewhat different than what you have. On 2001-04-01 06:35:00, john smith wrote: > but I still get /dev/dsp no such file or directory Are you starting the oss compatability layer? awind@digit-safe:~$ grep oss /etc/alsa/alsa-base.conf startosslayer=true > ...cat /proc/sound shows > nada... I do not have /proc/sound and have alsa working fine... did you mean the directory /proc/asound? > ls -l /dev/audio* shows: > duh:/home/hoy# ls -l /dev/audio* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/audio -> > /dev/audio0 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/audio0 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 20 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/audio1 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 36 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/audio2 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 52 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/audio3 > duh:/home/hoy# ls -l /dev/snd* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/snd -> > /proc/asound/dev > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 6 Mar 31 06:51 /dev/sndstat > duh:/home/hoy# > > is this the reason I can't use gamix,gnome-cd player and alsamixer since it > always complains that there is no mixer device... I also had to add these two lines to /etc/devfs/perms to fix permission problems with devfs: REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 /Allan -- Allan M. Wind email: allanwind@mediaone.net P.O. Box 2022 finger: awind@digit-safe.dyndns.org (GPG/PGP) Woburn, MA 01888-0022 USA
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