Were you root? If you are executing a shell from Xwindows, you may need to do "su" first.
david On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 19:56, Jim Ricken wrote: > david howe wrote: > > hi > > > > is it a ppc system? There are some specific kernel modules written for > > getting sound on your macintosh - depending on what kernel you have > > installed and the machine, these modules are something like > > dmasound_core & dmasound_pmac > > > > Try executing "modconf" and in the list of modules look for something > > like > > kernel/sound/oss/dmamodules > > > > david > > > Hi Dave > I tried typing modconf in a shell,but all I got back was > "command not found"now what? > Jim > > > > > > >