Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 12:39:48 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > [...] > >> Both machines have Etch up to date. >> >> The laptop has /dev/dsp, the affected desktop does not. Perhaps this device >> is >> needed by alsa for the affected applications? I tried to create the device >> with >> >> # cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV -v sound >> >> but the command created the devices in /dev/.static/dev/ because udev is >> active. >> Both machines have udev. Is there another way to create /dev/dsp? > > # file /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp: ERROR: cannot open `/dev/dsp' (No such file or directory) > > # modprobe snd_pcm_oss > > # file /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp: character special (14/3) >
Well, knock me down with a feather! Everything works. :) I'd done all this: # modprobe snd_pcm_oss # modprobe snd_mixer_oss # modprobe snd_sec_oss but I could only get realplayer to work with the aoss wrapper ("aoss realplay"). It would not work directly or with the kernelspace emulation. I logged out and went away to rest my brain. When I logged in again, I checked for /dev/dsp and it was there! I ran realplayer and it worked. I purged alsa-oss and it still worked. I expect the logout/login did the trick. Nigel Henry wrote: > Why you've lost them though, is a bit of a mystery. I'd thought perhaps some > kernel related thing, if your using a later kernel on your PC than on the > laptop, or have rolled your own for the PC, and have missed something out > when running makemenuconfig. > I have a bog-standard installation with kernel 2.6.18-4-486. It seems that the snd_pcm_oss module is in the linux-headers package so it must be built into the kernel. I have been playing with qemu recently. I wonder whether using the -soundhw option might have caused a problem with /dev/dsp. I just tried this but /dev/dsp is still there. So, its a mystery how the problem arose. Many thanks Nigel and Florian. -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]