Re: No sound (no /dev/dsp) on newly installed 2.6.8-2-386 with Intel 82801.

[Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>]

Marty wrote:

> What is the output of "ls /dev/dsp*"?  

Nothing!  But I have some devices that look like sound:

$ ls -l /dev/ds*
ls: /dev/ds*: No such file or directory

$ ls -l /dev/snd*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 24 2005-05-16 12:04 /dev/sndstat
-> /proc/asound/oss/sndstat

/dev/snd:
total 0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  0 2005-05-16 16:31 controlC0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 33 2005-05-16 16:31 timer

> You should see one or more devices 
> listed, depending on how many other sounds devices are in your system.
> You can cat .wav files into a device file as a test, but beware that
> the output may be highly distorted so turn down your volume control.

$ cat test.wav >/dev/sndstat 
bash: /dev/sndstat: Permission denied

$ cat test.wav >/dev/snd/controlC0 
bash: /dev/snd/controlC0: No such device

$ cat test.wav >/dev/snd/timer 
cat: write error: Invalid argument