On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 09:21 +0000, Jon Telfer wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 09:12 +0000, Jon Telfer wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't seem to have a /dev/dsp*. I get sound from kcontrol - sound > > system - test sound, and xmms also works fine. Games (mohaa, rtcw) run > > silent with a startup message: > > /dev/dsp: No such file or directory > > Could not open /dev/dsp > > > > The alsa rpms I have are: > > rpm -qa |grep alsa > > alsa-lib-devel-1.0.7-17.rhfc3.at > > alsa-driver-1.0.7-34.rhfc3.at > > alsa-lib-1.0.7-17.rhfc3.at > > alsa-utils-1.0.7-11.rhfc3.at > > alsaplayer-0.99.76-2.1.fc3.rf > > kernel-module-alsa-2.6.9-1.681_FC3-1.0.7-34.rhfc3.at > > > > ...and the module matches the running kernel. > > > > TIA > > Jon Telfer > > > > > > > Ooops, sound hardware is: > Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 > AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) > > Trouble is, I can't remember when it worked. It certainly worked in FC2 > but I don't have a handle on whether FC2->FC3 upgrade or kernel/alsa rpm > upgrade precipitated the problem. > This bug looks like it might be linked - but the significance is kind > of lost on me: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=141852 > > > > -- > Jon Telfer <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I've now managed to make the /dev/dsp +0 +1 files with MAKEDEV dsp, I then set the permissions so that all could use the new files. It's nearly there. Both rtcw and mohaa notice the sound hardware and use it in the menu. Mohaa then crashes on loading the game levels though. Any further thoughts? Thanks, JOn
