Re: kernel 2.6.3, emu10k1, no sound

[Antonio Rodriguez <arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com>]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:49:54PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> Can anyone shed some light here? I compiled alsa in the kernel (y, not
> as m), with emu10k1 (I have a sound blaster). Now I get the following:
> 
> Couldn't open mixer device /dev/sound/mixer
> (from the gnome applett)
> and from the volume control:
> Unable to open audio device '/dev/mixer'.
> Please check that you have permissions to open '/dev/mixer'
> and that you have sound support in your kernel.
>  However:
> tony@hpd:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     audio           9 2003-10-08 15:58 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0
> tony@hpd:~$ ls -l /dev/mixer
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     audio          11 2003-10-08 15:58 /dev/mixer -> /dev/mixer0
> 
> Any ideas would be welcome.
> 

Let me add another etail: I just started wmaker, and it there is sound
there. I am playing alsaplayer there right now. So it is some issue
with gnome or so.