On 3/29/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 02:07, david walcroft wrote:
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>> On 3/27/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Kam
>>>>>> My "sytem-config-soundcard" does not work,the software is there
>>>> but
>>>>
>>>>>> it does not run.
>>>>> What do you mean by "tt does not run"? Are you root or using sudo
>>>>> when invoking this program?
>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>> I have got "system-config-soundcar"d going now,but 'updating driver'
>>> In system-config-soundcard->System click "Reload audio driver". Then
>>> click "Apply". It may take a few seconds for your system to respond to
>>> the Apply command. After that go to system-config-soundcard->Sound
>>> Test and click on the Start button ">".
>> I have done that with no result
>>
>>>> does nothing and the error '/dev/dsp' is not installed or similar on a
>>>> reboot; "ls -l /dev/dsp" shows nothing.
>>>> My modprobe.conf is
>>>>
>>>> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0: &&
>>>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>>>
>>>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
>>>> }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>>> By the way, do you have ACPI enabled on your system. My system is so
>>> old that it does not have ACPI capabilities.
>>>
>>>> Hope this helps David
>> /dev/dsp does not exist,how do I set it up as a device with Major and
>> Minor numbers.
>>
>> David
>
> I may have missed a bit of this thread, but looking back through my inbox I
> found a reference to /dev/dsp. It said, if you are you are using OSS (open
> sound system) /dev/dsp should be automatically created on bootup. For Alsa,
> you need to have the alsa-oss package installed.
>
> Creating a /dev/dsp is probably going to be a waste of time, as when you
> reboot it won't be recreated.
>
> OSS is pretty much deprecated, so to be able to use apps that need OSS, you
> need to install the alsa-oss package.
>
> alsa-oss wasn't available at first on FC5, but I see that it turned up in
> extras later on, and am presuming it's available for FC6 as well.
>
> 2¢ worth of perhaps useless info.
>
> Nigel.
>
No my sound system is Alsa.
In another message on this list a poster recommended a fix for his
Intel chipset sound problem. You might try this:
Append the following lines to /etc/rc.local :
modprobe -r snd-ens1371
modprobe snd-ens1371
After editing the file reboot your system and see if that works..
David
