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

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Adam Funk wrote:

>Adam Funk wrote:
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>>I've just installed Debian testing on a new computer but I can't get the
>>sound to work.  I think the problem is that /dev/dsp doesn't exist,
>>although when I did "modprobe snd-intel8x0" it created /dev/snd/controlC0
>>and /dev/snd/timer.
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>I think the easiest solution may be to find a spare PCI sound card (older
>and more likely to be supported) and stick it in this computer.  
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You might also try a LiveCD, like Knoppix or Kanotix, to see if it 
recognizes your sound system.

>Would the onboard sound hardware interfere
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You might want to deactivate the onboard hardware in the BIOS.

> with it or would udev probably
>put the additional card on /dev/dsp?
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I'm not sure.

-- 
Kent