On 24 Sep 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:55:36 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've just discovered that my sound has disappeared following a recent > > upgrade in Sid, after working flawlessly for months/years. > > > > I suspected this was due to a problem with udev, which has recently > > replaced hotplug here (not necessarily an improvement, I think). > > > > However, "lsmod | grep snd" seems to show that the modules are loaded: > > > > lsmod | grep snd > > snd_ens1371 24736 0 > > snd_rawmidi 23072 1 snd_ens1371 > > snd_seq_device 7884 1 snd_rawmidi > > snd_ac97_codec 92708 1 snd_ens1371 > > gameport 15304 2 snd_ens1371,analog > > ac97_bus 2560 1 snd_ac97_codec > > snd_pcm 72388 2 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec > > snd_timer 21188 1 snd_pcm > > snd 48612 6 > > snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer > > soundcore 7712 1 snd > > snd_page_alloc 9800 1 snd_pcm > > You are missing OSS legacy support. > > > But aumix says there is an error opening mixer and saytime says: > > > > arcadia:~:$ saytime > > sox raw: '/usr/share/saytime/the_time_is.au': sample rate not specified; > > trying 8kHz > > sox stio: Can't open output file '/dev/audio': Permission denied > > child process returned a non-zero status 2 > > > > So I tried running sayitme as root, and got: > > > > sudo saytime > > sox raw: '/usr/share/saytime/the_time_is.au': sample rate not specified; > > trying 8kHz > > sox stio: Failed writing /dev/audio: Unable to reset OSS driver. Possibly > > accessing an invalid file/device > > child process returned a non-zero status 2 > > > > Alsaconf detects my sound card (Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI rev 02) and > > appears to configure things correctly. Alsamixer seems to show things > > correctly as well and there is even a click from the speakers as I > > finish. > > > > So I'm not sure what to try next or where to report a bug. > > modprobe snd_pcm_oss >
Thanks very much; yes, that brings sound back. Presumably I should add this to /etc/modules to have it start automatically? -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
