On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:14:44AM -0700, David Wright wrote: > Thanks so much for the detailed advice! I have taken it, but I am afraid > it still doesn't entirely solve the problem. > > I blacklisted the OSS modules for both discover and hotplug, as > described in the alsa-base docs. Loaded modules now have only snd- > modules, including snd-pcm-oss: > > aloysha:~# lsmod > Module Size Used by > snd_pcm_oss 53668 0 <snipped>
Yes, that seems right. How did you load all these modules? Did ALSA do this automatically or did you add modules to /etc/modules? > The programs alsaconf and alsamixer can recognize both the on-board and > soundblaster cards and work with them. But I still can't get and sound Great! > and still can't write to /dev/dsp: > > aloysha:~# cat /home/dcw/sndkit/dsp/endoftheworld > /dev/dsp > cat: write error: No such device Hmmm.... > I am beginning to think this may be a hotplug or udev problem. I notice > now that many of the audio devices that MAKEDEV is supposed to make are > missing (e.g. /dev/sequencer and /dev/audio), and running MAKEDEV audio > over and over still doesn't create them. (By the way, catting to > /.dev/dsp gives the same error message.) Please check your devices. I have: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:dfokkema$ ls -l /dev/dsp0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2003-11-22 11:32 /dev/dsp0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:dfokkema$ ls -l /dev/dsp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2003-11-22 11:32 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2003-11-22 11:32 /dev/dsp0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 2003-11-22 11:32 /dev/dsp1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 35 2003-11-22 11:32 /dev/dsp2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 51 2003-11-22 11:32 /dev/dsp3 > If you have any follow-up advice, it would be appreciated. Thanks again, You could try to run xmms and then options->preferences->output plugin. I have the following options: alsa, disk writer, esound and oss. Try setting it to alsa and see if you hear any sound. If not, check your mixer settings (just to make sure, :-). Does this help? David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
