Re: /dev/dsp not found: KDE/ALSA
Hi!
Is libarts-alsa installed and is the soundserver configured to use
alsa in the control cener? Hmm, sometimes trying different sond
system settings on the sound server configuration page in kcontrol
also helps.
Cheers,
Stephan
On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:07:12 -0800
Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
> The things is, I ran snddevices when I did the original install.
>
> I think the can't find /dev/dsp message is more of a complaint
about
> nothing functioning being there; /dev/dsp is a link to /dev/dsp0
for
> me:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 2000 /dev/dsp ->
/dev/dsp0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 21 2000 /dev/dsp0
>
>
> I presume the link itself is always there.
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 10:18:10PM +0100, Stephan Hachinger wrote:
> > 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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