On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 09:05, shock wrote: > i /finally/ got alsa-sound working yesterday. this morning, as i was > booting my system, i noticed the following message float by: > > aumix: error opening mixer > > in my /etc/init.d/rc.local file, i have the following statement, which > sets my mixer to certain established levels: > > /usr/bin/aumix -L /etc/aumixrc > > /etc/aumixrc contains the following: > > vol:75:75:P > bass:50:50:P > treble:50:50:P > synth:0:0:P > pcm:74:74:P > speaker:0:0:P > line:0:0:R > mic:0:0:P > cd:0:0:P > igain:0:0:P > dig1:0:0:P > > /dev/mixer exists as a pointer to /dev/mixer0: > > calypso:/home/stephen# ls -al /dev/mixer > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 24 11:44 /dev/mixer -> > /dev/mixer0 > calypso:/home/stephen# ls -al /dev/mixer0 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Oct 24 11:44 /dev/mixer0 > calypso:/home/stephen# > > to my untrained eye, this appears normal. anyone have any ideas as to > what i may be doing wrong? (incidentally, alsamixer produces the same > error -- which, under the circumstances, is no big surprise).
I assume you (stephen) are a memeber of the audio group correct? Are all your alsa modules loaded before you try and run your init.d script? If not, is /etc/modules.conf properly reference the char-major-14 devices for alsa (I'm not quite sure how since I don't run it). --mike