Lynn W. wrote:
How do I activate sound so I can play music files in KDE using XMMS? I did a basic install of Debian 3.0 Woody, and after successfully configuring web server type stuff, decided to see how to get a desktop environment up and running out of curiosity. So I installed x-window-system, kde, kdm and xmms and receive a sound card error "device /dev/dsp" can't be opened on starting up kde.
Assuming your sound circuits are properly configured, the problem is probably that you're not in the "audio" group. Add yourself to this group with a command like "addgroup lynn audio" as root. Then log out and log back in and see if the problem is solved.
If not, you may not have the correct module(s) installed (as suggested below).
(By the way, can XMMS play .ogg by default? MP3?)
Yes (I think; I'm pretty sure; if not, it's easy to add). Yes.
lspci says my Dell GX200 has an Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio device. I tried disabling aRTs in KDE's control panel, installing/runnning sndconfig & alsaconf all to no avail. Various Google searches suggest installing modules ac97_codec.o, sound and soundcore, but I have no idea where to find these or how to install these (they do not seem to be on the first Debian Woody CD and not in apt-get).
I hate setting up modems, sound cards, printers ... well, I generally hate setting up hardware. Once set up though, Debian's nice.
I believe what you'll want to do is "modprobe via82cxxx_audio". This may be different depending on what kernel version you're using or whether you're using OSS or ALSA. If this works, you'll want to add the module to /etc/modules (or use "modconf" to unload, then load it, which will add the appropriate modules to /etc/modules for you).
-- Kent