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| Thread ID: 22568 | 2002-07-24 13:42:00 | RedHat 7.3-Where did the sound device go? | nz_liam (845) | Press F1 |
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| 64961 | 2002-07-24 13:42:00 | After I updated redhat 7.3 kernel from i686 2.4.18-3 to athlon 2.4.18-5 and rebooted my machine, I got the following error when logging in to KDE "Informational - artsmessage Sound server informational message: Error initializing the sound driver: device /dev/dsp cant be opened (no such device) The sound server will continue using the null output device" The first thing I did was have a look at the /dev/ directory, and yes there was a device callled dsp as well as well one called dsp1. I then went to control panel > hardware browser > soundcards and found my sound card there "VT8233 AC97 Audio controller", what struck me as odd here was that under the device info box it had "Device: N/A", yet other devices like the network card had listings like "Device: /dev/eth". I then went K > Preferences > Sound > Sound Server and fiddled around with different settings in the "Sound I/O" tab, testing each one, but still with similar error messages. Any help on this problem would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Liam. |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 64962 | 2002-07-25 04:00:00 | It has probably "lost" the link from /dev/dsp to your actual device. Try ls -l /dev/dsp to check this. It might require a reinstall of the sound device. If RPM complains that it is already installed you can use "-F" and force it. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 64963 | 2002-07-28 22:11:00 | I dont know how redhat kernels are set up - did your new kernel come with the correct alsa module built in? check for modules installed with lsmod the other thing to check would be that you are(nt) running devfs and were(nt) before. devfs is a filesystem which only creates devices when they are present - makes it very easy to see whether a device is installed. |
ctonks (746) | ||
| 64964 | 2002-07-29 01:07:00 | Not sure that this will help? I have always used sndconfig at the command shell in RedHat 7.0 to configure sound cards. Login as root and try it. | JohnD (509) | ||
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