Re: /dev/dsp not found: KDE/ALSA
Hi!
I've had quite a similar problem... maybe this will fix it:
Search all packages for the script file "snddevices" by typing
dpkg -S snddevices
Then cd into the directory where the script is and call it... after that the
devices should be there.
Cheers,
Stephan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Boylan" <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Cc: "Ross Boylan" <rboylan@post.harvard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: /dev/dsp not found: KDE/ALSA
> I am running alsa and KDE. The first time I log into KDE I get an
> error that /dev/dsp can't be found. It's there when I look. If I log
> out and back in, I get no warning, and sound works.
>
> I believe I have all the modules.conf setup properly. I suspect that
> the relevant module isn't being dynamically loaded properly, but I'm
> not sure what the cause or the cure is. Can anyone help?
>
> Here's a bit a modules.conf:
>
> ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa
>
> ## First, the device major numbers
> #alsa native
> alias char-major-116 snd
> # OSS/Free
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
>
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660
snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0
> options snd-card-sbawe snd_index=0 snd_id="AWE" snd_isapnp=1
>
>
>
> ## multiplexer needs top level soundcard
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-sbawe
> # OSS/Free
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
>
> ## Done with ALSA, but OSS needs more
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
>
> ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa
>
> ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa-path
> # Debian ALSA modules path
> # Do not edit this unless you understand what you're doing.
> path=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/alsa
>
> ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa-path
>
>
> Kernel 2.4.12. System is basically woody.
> Here are my alsa packages:
>
> ii alsa-base 0.9+0beta9-1 ALSA driver common files
> ii alsa-modules-2.4.10 0.9+0beta7-2+p0+rb.1 Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (drivers)
> ii alsa-modules-2.4.12 0.9+0beta7-2+p0+rb.6 Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (drivers)
> ii alsa-source 0.9+0beta9-1 ALSA driver source
> ii alsa-utils 0.9.0beta4-1 Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (utils)
> ii alsa-utils-0.5 0.5.9b-3 Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (utils)
> ii alsaplayer 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for
ALSA
> ii alsaplayer-alsa 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for
ALSA (ALSA autput module)
> ii alsaplayer-esd 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for
ALSA (ESD output module)
> ii alsaplayer-oss 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for
ALSA (OSS output module)
>
> These problems occurred when everything was at beta7, so I don't think
> the fact I haven't compiled the latest source is the problem.
>
>
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