> > I turned the volume and pcm up in the xfce4 mixer (even though it's > > grayed out), but alsamixer is a bad command. When I open xmovie in a > > terminal and try to play an MP3, I get this: > > > > open odevice failed > > > > Ahh...that's a different issue. So what's in /dev, /dev/snd/, and > /dev/sound/? > Did you reboot after getting the modules setup in /etc/module.d/alsa and > running > update-modules force? > > An open odevice failed is due to no devices in /dev - /dev/dsp /dev/pcm with > associated > device nodes in /dev/snd and /dev/sound. Or it's a bad error message meaning > the current > user doesn't have permission to use the devices.
Hi Bob, I don't have anything in /dev/sound. Here's /etc/modules.d: aliases ath_pci i386 ppp slmodem It sounds like I need an alsa in there? I always compile everything I can into the kernel so this module stuff is new to me. - Grant > Bob -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
