I run Debian Wheezy. About a month ago I updated some of my packages and sound stopped working in all of my programs. I completely forget the exact commands I ran or packages I upgraded. At the time I didn't care that sounds didn't work, but now I want to get it working again.
I *think* the fundamental problem is that /dev/dsp doesn't exist. For example, when I run mplayer, I get the following output: ``` $ mplayer allen_arrogh.wav MPlayer 1.1-4.7 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team Playing allen_arrogh.wav. libavformat version 54.6.100 (internal) Audio only file format detected. Load subtitles in ./ ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder AUDIO: 11025 Hz, 1 ch, u8, 88.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 11025->11025) Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) ========================================================================== [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory DVB card number must be between 1 and 4 AO: [null] 11025Hz 1ch u8 (1 bytes per sample) Video: no video Starting playback... A: 0.8 (00.8) of 0.9 (00.8) 0.2% Audio output truncated at end. A: 0.9 (00.8) of 0.9 (00.8) 0.2% ``` According to the SoundFAQ (https://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ) /dev/dsp errors can be fixed by running either: $ apt-get install oss-compat or $ modprobe snd-pcm-oss I've done both, but /dev/dsp still does not exist on my system. The output of lspci -v is: ``` 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5 Memory at d4620000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link ``` Running alsamixer shows a master channel and a capture channel, both of which are set to max volume. Thanks in advance for the help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cakkzouu8ajktft4besavmhy3ra0lwjqhofzyr3ln0ehyatx...@mail.gmail.com
