Where did my sound go?

david walcroft david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au
Thu Mar 29 22:43:16 UTC 2007


Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 02:07, david walcroft wrote:
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>> On 3/27/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>> Kam
>>>>>>     My "sytem-config-soundcard" does not work,the software is there
>>>> but
>>>>
>>>>>> it does not run.
>>>>> What do you mean by "tt does not run"?  Are you root or using sudo
>>>>> when invoking this program?
>>>>>
>>>>>>   David
>>>> I have got "system-config-soundcar"d going now,but 'updating driver'
>>> In system-config-soundcard->System click "Reload audio driver". Then
>>> click "Apply". It may take a few seconds for your system to respond to
>>> the Apply command. After that go to system-config-soundcard->Sound
>>> Test and click on the Start button ">".
>> I have done that with no result
>>
>>>> does nothing and the error '/dev/dsp' is not installed or similar on a
>>>> reboot; "ls -l /dev/dsp" shows nothing.
>>>> My modprobe.conf is
>>>>
>>>>  install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0: &&
>>>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>>>
>>>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
>>>> }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>>> By the way, do you have ACPI enabled on your system. My system is so
>>> old that it does not have ACPI capabilities.
>>>
>>>> Hope this helps   David
>> /dev/dsp does not exist,how do I set it up as a device with Major and
>> Minor numbers.
>>
>>     David
> 
> I may have missed a bit of this thread, but looking back through my inbox I 
> found a reference to /dev/dsp. It said, if you are you are using OSS (open 
> sound system) /dev/dsp should be automatically created on bootup. For Alsa, 
> you need to have the alsa-oss package installed.
> 
> Creating a /dev/dsp is probably going to be a waste of time, as when you 
> reboot it won't be recreated. 
> 
> OSS is pretty much deprecated, so to be able to use apps that need OSS, you 
> need to install the alsa-oss package.
> 
> alsa-oss wasn't available at first on FC5, but I see that it turned up in 
> extras later on, and am presuming it's available for FC6 as well.
> 
> 2¢ worth of perhaps useless info.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
No my sound system is Alsa.

    David




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