Thus spake Lisa C. Boyd last Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:20:37PM -0400: > I am new to Linux and Debian and have really no idea how to > troubleshoot things yet. I had a local Debian guru help me install > Debian (on the 11th), but I'm having difficulties with my sound. Below > is the error message that I get: > > Sound server informational message. > Error while initializing the sound driver: > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device) > The sound server will continue using the null output device. > > Here's my sound card info: > Crystal Semiconductor > Chip set CS4236 > > I have been following some threads and have run the following commands > with the following results. I don't know exactly how to read the > results I've gotten or what to do next. Thanks in advance for any > gentle guidance you can give me :) > > Lisa B. > > ***** > # cat /proc/asound/sndstat > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.9.0beta10 emulation code) > Kernel: Linux debian001 2.4.16-686 #1 Wed Nov 28 09:27:17 EST 2001 i686 > Config options: 0 > > Installed drivers: > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > Card config: > --- no soundcards --- > > 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 > > ***** > # cat /proc/modules > snd-pcm-oss 34400 0 (autoclean) (unused) > snd-pcm 46176 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] > snd-timer 9056 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] > snd-mixer-oss 8608 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] > snd 23336 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm > snd-timer snd-mixer-oss] > soundcore 3556 0 (autoclean) [snd] > 3c59x 24904 1 (autoclean) > af_packet 11496 1 > rtc 5368 0 (autoclean) > unix 13700 80 (autoclean) > ide-disk 6592 5 (autoclean) > ide-probe-mod 7968 0 (autoclean) > ide-mod 129452 5 (autoclean) [ide-disk ide-probe-mod] > ext2 30336 4 (autoclean) > ext3 55136 0 (autoclean) > jbd 34344 0 (autoclean) [ext3] > > ***** > # modprobe snd-card-cs4236 > /lib/modules/2.4.16-686/alsa/snd-card-cs4236.o: init_module: No such > device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters > /lib/modules/2.4.16-686/alsa/snd-card-cs4236.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.16-686/alsa/snd-card-cs4236.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.16-686/alsa/snd-card-cs4236.o: insmod snd-card-cs4236 > failed > > ***** > #cat /proc/interrupts > 0: 108346 XT-PIC timer > 1: 159 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 8: 3 XT-PIC rtc > 11: 43 XT-PIC eth0 > 12: 7606 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > 14: 146397 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 0 XT-PIC ide1 > NMI: 0 > LOC: 108306 > ERR: 0 > MIS: 0 > > ***** > #lspci > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev > 02) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev > 02) > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) > 00:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) > 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX > [Cyclone] (rev 24) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP > 1X/2X (rev 5c) Use modconf and install the appropriate loadable kernel module for your sound card.
Also, to make the sounds come out, you'll need to add your account to the audio group. -- -->paolo Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG KeyID 0xEADFF6F4 ___________________________________________________________________ "I think ideology sucks. This world would be a much better place if people had less ideology, and a whole lot more "I do this because it's FUN and because others might find it useful, not because I got religion."" --> Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
