Re: audio problems

[ernst <ernst@bluezone.no>]

Hi

Can u get sound working if u are root? If so, do 'chmod a+rw /dev/dsp'.

/ernst


On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, David Z Maze wrote:

> Amit Shah <shahamit@gmx.net> writes:
> > I can't seem to get sound working here... I've added the user Amit to the
> > audio group, and installed esd* and alsa*. I don't have alsa modules in the
> > kernel, but I guess it should work with oss. I have ac97 audio system.
> >
> > Amit@magrathea:~$ cat > /dev/dsp
> > bash: /dev/dsp: No such device
> > Amit@magrathea:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp
> > crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   3 Mar 15  2002 /dev/dsp
>
> That almost always means that you don't have a driver for your sound
> card installed.  Did you compile your own kernel?  Did you compile the
> ALSA modules?  What does /sbin/lsmod say?
>
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