Re: /dev/dsp not found: KDE/ALSA
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 05:52:29PM +0100, Stephan Hachinger wrote:
> 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
Yes to both questions. I had the KDE soundserver set to autodetect,
but I also tried setting it to ALSA. No dice. It's odd, because some
of my apps produce sound anyway.
>
> 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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