I am running alsa and KDE. The first time I log into KDE I get an error that /dev/dsp can't be found. It's there when I look. If I log out and back in, I get no warning, and sound works.
I believe I have all the modules.conf setup properly. I suspect that the relevant module isn't being dynamically loaded properly, but I'm not sure what the cause or the cure is. Can anyone help? Here's a bit a modules.conf: ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa ## First, the device major numbers #alsa native alias char-major-116 snd # OSS/Free alias char-major-14 soundcore options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-sbawe snd_index=0 snd_id="AWE" snd_isapnp=1 ## multiplexer needs top level soundcard alias snd-card-0 snd-card-sbawe # OSS/Free alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 ## Done with ALSA, but OSS needs more alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa-path # Debian ALSA modules path # Do not edit this unless you understand what you're doing. path=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/alsa ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa-path Kernel 2.4.12. System is basically woody. Here are my alsa packages: ii alsa-base 0.9+0beta9-1 ALSA driver common files ii alsa-modules-2.4.10 0.9+0beta7-2+p0+rb.1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers) ii alsa-modules-2.4.12 0.9+0beta7-2+p0+rb.6 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers) ii alsa-source 0.9+0beta9-1 ALSA driver source ii alsa-utils 0.9.0beta4-1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utils) ii alsa-utils-0.5 0.5.9b-3 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utils) ii alsaplayer 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA ii alsaplayer-alsa 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA (ALSA autput module) ii alsaplayer-esd 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA (ESD output module) ii alsaplayer-oss 0.99.32+0.99.33pre3-1 PCM player designed for ALSA (OSS output module) These problems occurred when everything was at beta7, so I don't think the fact I haven't compiled the latest source is the problem.
