At 10:52 AM 9/7/2000 +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > >Greetings! I'm running Debian 2.2, kernel 2.2.17. And I can't >start Gnome! I'm starting X from the command line (startx) and >have tried >exec gnome-session >in my .xinitrc and even in an .Xsession file, but all I get in >reposne is an X stuck at the corss-hatched screen and when I >Ctrl-Alt-BckSpc a little message saying > >/dev/dsp no such device > >Well there is SOMETHING in /dev/called dsp....... > >Can anyone shed some light on this? >
i believe the dsp is the digital sound processor can you log an as root? have you added your user to the "audio" group? WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Monitor's original e-mail, please notify me by return e-mail, delete your copy of the message, and accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Republication or re-dissemination, including posting to news groups or web pages, is strictly prohibited without the express prior consent of Capital Monitor Pty Ltd. ____________________________________________________________ John Griffiths Tel 02 6273 4899 Capital Monitor Pty Ltd Fax 02 6273 4905 Press Gallery Mobile: 0412 690 643 Parliament House e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canberra ACT 2600 http://www.capmon.com Australia ICQ No: 7933859