On Friday 17 September 2004 09:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Justin Guerin wrote: > > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 09:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I upgraded to KDE 3.3 recently and now the sound on my Thinkpad X31 no > >>longer works... I get a /dev/dsp can't be opened error on most of the > >>sound utilities, and looking at the Sound entry in InfoCenter in KDE, > >> it > > > > Most of the sound utilities? Which ones don't? What do they say? > > What happens when you launch the aRts control tool? Does it ever show > > output? > > > >>notes that: > >> > >>=================================================== > >>Sound Driver: 3.8.1a-98076 (ALSA v1.02 emulation code) > >> > >>Config options: 0 > >> > >>Installed Drivers: > >>Type 10: ALSA emulation > >> > >>Card Config: > >>Intel 82801DB-1CH4 at 0x0000c00, irq 11 > >> > >>Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > >> > >>Synth devices: NOT ENABLED in CONFIG > >> > >>Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > >> > >>Timers: > >>7: system timer > >> > >>Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > >> > >>================================================= > >> > >>Clearly something is wrong in some config file... but I have no clue as > >>to how to fix this or where to look and Googling gives me hints that > >> the problem has happened to other people but no clues on how to fix it > >> or really where to start looking. > >> > >>Can anyone give me a pointer or direction as to where to look? > >> > >>Thanks! > > > > You're sure your mixer settings are OK? Make sure your output channels > > aren't muted. > > > > Try playing sounds from the command line. What error messages do you > > get? If /dev/dsp is locked, use fuser or lsof to see who's got it > > locked. If aRts does, what happens when you play sounds with artsdsp? > > > > Justin Guerin [top post relocated] > Hi -- Thanks for the tips below. > > As far as I can tell, no sound utilities will play anything. I tried the > "play" version of "sox" and I get the same error: > > /dev/dsp: No such device. > > It seems like the problem might be an ALSA configuration problem, kind > of a "linkage" between the hardware sound device and the device handle > at /dev/dsp. > Well, Alsa doesn't use /dev/dsp. That's the OSS node. At least here, Alsa is using device /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p. I'm not sure, but /dev/dsp might be created if you turn on OSS emulation in Alsa. Don't take my word for it, though.
> Do you happen to know where you setup the ALSA config files? > Sorry, I don't know. I can't find any. > Thanks for any help! I feel like I'm inches away from a solution but my > lack of knowledge about ALSA is really preventing me from understanding > the general direction of how to debug this.... > > Moe > Check your aRts configuration in the KDE control center. Are you telling it to use Alsa, OSS, or Autodetect? You should be using Alsa. Also, what kernel are you running? Justin Guerin ps. please copy the list, as there are plenty of people there who can also help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
