Hello. I am using Gentoo, and I followed their how-to when installing ALSA:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml and I was seeing some weird behavior. At first, I could get a few apps to make sound (Gaim and XMMS once I installed the alsa output mod for it) but most programs told me I had no output device. Well, I checked it out, and found that there was no /dev/dsp present. Since the /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c is equivalent i tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mcrawfor $ ln -s /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c /dev/dsp ln: `/dev/dsp': File exists [EMAIL PROTECTED] mcrawfor $ Whaoh! Now /dev/dsp exists? I looked and it was there! I went back and ran mplayer; it worked perfectly..... okay..... So my current hack to get this thing to work is a line at the botton of my alsasound init script that just says: touch /dev/dsp Which spontaneously creates the /dev/dsp in a working fashion. Any ideas why this crazy thing is happening? Here are some config files; those relevant in the gentoo howto. If anyone wants to see others, let me know. -----/etc/modules.d/alsa------- # Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file. # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-driver/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v 1.1 2002/12/21 06:31:52 agenkin Exp $ # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore ## ## IMPORTANT: ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) ## and then run `update-modules' command. ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. ## ## ALSA portion alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 ## OSS/Free portion ## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 ## ############### # OSS/Free portion - card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss ########## ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss # Set this to the correct number of cards. options snd cards_limit=1 --------/etc/devfsd.conf------------- # The Gentoo Linux Team - http://www.gentoo.org/ # - Many fixes, etc # # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/devfsd.conf,v 1.16 2003/05/18 21:51:34 azarah Exp $ # Enable full compatibility mode for old device names. You may comment these # out if you don't use the old device names. Make sure you know what you're # doing! REGISTER .* MKOLDCOMPAT UNREGISTER .* RMOLDCOMPAT # You may comment out the above and uncomment the following if you've # configured your system to use the original "new" devfs names or the really # new names #REGISTER vc/.* MKOLDCOMPAT #UNREGISTER vc/.* RMOLDCOMPAT #REGISTER pty/.* MKOLDCOMPAT #UNREGISTER pty/.* RMOLDCOMPAT #REGISTER misc MKOLDCOMPAT #UNREGISTER misc RMOLDCOMPAT # You may comment these out if you don't use the original "new" names REGISTER .* MKNEWCOMPAT UNREGISTER .* RMNEWCOMPAT # Enable module autoloading. You may comment this out if you don't use # autoloading LOOKUP .* MODLOAD # Uncomment the following if you want to set the group to "tty" for the # pseudo-tty devices. This is necessary so that mesg(1) can later be used to # enable/disable talk requests and wall(1) messages. REGISTER ^pty/s.* PERMISSIONS -1.tty 0600 REGISTER ^pts/.* PERMISSIONS -1.tty 0600 # Uncomment this if you want permissions to be saved and restored # NB: Do NOT change the following! # Do not do this for pseudo-terminal devices REGISTER ^pt[sy]/.* IGNORE CHANGE ^pt[sy]/.* IGNORE CREATE ^pt[sy]/.* IGNORE DELETE ^pt[sy] IGNORE REGISTER ^log IGNORE CHANGE ^log IGNORE CREATE ^log IGNORE DELETE ^log IGNORE REGISTER .* COPY /lib/dev-state/$devname $devpath CHANGE .* COPY $devpath /lib/dev-state/$devname CREATE .* COPY $devpath /lib/dev-state/$devname DELETE .* CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink /lib/dev-state/$devname RESTORE /lib/dev-state # You can force default like this : # PERMISSIONS owner_and_group access_mode # Video4Linux devices REGISTER v4l/.* PERMISSIONS root.video 660 # ALSA/OSS stuff # Comment/change these if you want to change the permissions on # the audio devices LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd LOOKUP dsp MODLOAD LOOKUP mixer MODLOAD LOOKUP midi MODLOAD REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 # Uncomment this to let PAM manage devfs #REGISTER .* CFUNCTION /lib/security/pam_console_apply_devfsd.so pam_console_apply_single $devpath # Autoload the sg module if generic scsi driver compiled as module. #LOOKUP ^sg$ MODLOAD ACTION sg # Give the cdrw group write permissions to /dev/sg0 # This is done to have non root user use the burner (scan the scsi bus) #REGISTER ^scsi/host.*/bus.*/target.*/lun.*/generic PERMISSIONS root.cdrw 660 # General note for the following auto creation of symlinks: # # If you change the device that the symlink points to, # you should also remove the symlink before restarting # devfsd # Create /dev/cdrom for the first cdrom drive LOOKUP ^cdrom$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink cdroms/cdrom0 cdrom REGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname cdrom UNREGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink cdrom # Create /dev/dvd for the second cdrom drive # (change 'cdroms/cdrom1' to suite your setup) # NOTE: We add the fully qualified path here, else some apps # have problems to resolve the true device (drip comes to mind) #LOOKUP ^dvd$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink ${mntpnt}/cdroms/cdrom1 dvd #REGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom1$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink ${devpath} dvd #UNREGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom1$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink dvd # Create /dev/cdrw for the first cdrom on the scsi bus # (change 'sr0' to suite your setup) #LOOKUP ^cdrw$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink sr0 cdrw #REGISTER ^sr0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname cdrw #UNREGISTER ^sr0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink cdrw # Create /dev/mouse LOOKUP ^mouse$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink misc/psaux mouse REGISTER ^misc/psaux$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname mouse UNREGISTER ^misc/psaux$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink mouse # Manage USB mouse REGISTER ^input/mouse0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname usbmouse UNREGISTER ^input/mouse0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink usbmouse REGISTER ^input/mice$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname usbmouse UNREGISTER ^input/mice$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink usbmouse # Support additional config installed by packages ... INCLUDE /etc/devfs.d # devfsd.conf ends here Thanks guys! -miles ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
