On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 09:59:02 -0500 Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Collins - Brett David > > I have followed the howto at gentoo and all works down to muting. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rick # amixer > amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rick # > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rick # ll /dev/sound > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 . > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 > > still this way. I did change > > The only I modify in /etc/devfsd.conf is > from: > REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 > REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 > > to: > The only I modify in /etc/devfsd.conf is > > REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 666 > REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 666 > > rebuilding kernel again right now & will reboot. It does appear that > when I got devfsd to work, the /dev/audio -sound - mixer major/minor > is now no longer present. Does this now indicate a problem in > /dev/sound dir being empty? > > cheers Your help is appreciated here many thanks > I don't think the /dev/.... entries for sound will be generated by devfsd until you actually have a sound card activated. Check /var/log/messages to see if your sound card is detected. If not, you must correct that first. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo stable - ext3 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
