On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 19:16 +0100, Rene Herman wrote:
> kunt1z wrote:
> 
> > my Alsa system doesn't work! Here's what happens if I try to play a 
> > sound file with aplay:
> > 
> > $ aplay test.wav
> > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:852:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> > aplay: main:547: audio open error: No such file or directory
> 
> Driver simply not loaded?
> 
> > I try to modify my /etc/modules.conf file, but the result is the same 
> > (it does not work!). Here's the Alsa section of my /etc/modules.conf file:
> 
> [ snip ]
> 
> > - Kernel 2.6.10
> 
> Please note that modules.conf is the file used by the old, 2.4-, version 
> of the module tools. For 2.6, the new tools use /etc/modprobe.conf.

Not quite, my system has no /etc/modprobe.conf - it has
an /etc/modprobe.d directory with a bunch of files in it.

Every distro seems to do this slightly differently, for no good reason.

Lee




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