Adam Jones writes: > #O#n 31-Oct-02, de|ire wrote: > > > naturally the first port of call is "have i used the snddevices script > > to generate the dev entries" and the answer is yes. after using it > > *alsa appears to work fine* BUT my problem is that on restart, the > > /dev/snd directory *completely disappears* forcing me to use > > ./snddevices again before i can use alsa!! > > >From the sound of it, you're using devfs - hence your /dev is not > actually stored on-disk, but is generated dynamically by the kernel. > > You could disable devfs, and then snddevices would work as you expect, > but that's probably not the best solution. Anyone here who's using > devfs care to comment?
>From what I can tell it happens when the drivers are loaded. I am using devfsd which is a compatibility daemon for devfs. Here is what mine looks like: jlm@uxjlm:~ > ls -la /dev/snd total 0 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 .. crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 0 Dec 31 1969 controlC0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 32 Dec 31 1969 controlC1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 64 Dec 31 1969 controlC2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 96 Dec 31 1969 controlC3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 128 Dec 31 1969 controlC4 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 160 Dec 31 1969 controlC5 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 192 Dec 31 1969 controlC6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 224 Dec 31 1969 controlC7 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 4 Dec 31 1969 hwC0D0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 8 Dec 31 1969 midiC0D0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 24 Dec 31 1969 pcmC0D0c crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 16 Dec 31 1969 pcmC0D0p crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 33 Dec 31 1969 timer Here a couple of others: jlm@uxjlm:/dev > ls -la /dev/dsp lr-xr-xr-x 1 root audio 9 Oct 23 08:43 /dev/dsp -> sound/dsp jlm@uxjlm:/dev > ls -la /dev/sound/* crw------- 1 root audio 14, 4 Dec 31 1969 /dev/sound/audio crw------- 1 root audio 14, 10 Dec 31 1969 /dev/sound/dmfm crw------- 1 root audio 14, 9 Dec 31 1969 /dev/sound/dmmidi crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 31 1969 /dev/sound/dsp crw------- 1 root audio 14, 2 Dec 31 1969 /dev/sound/midi00 crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/sound/mixer One of the problem I had initially with devfs were permissions. devsfd allows you to muck with permissions so that when /dev/ entries are created they have to the right permissions set. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
