Re: /dev/dsp missing in Wheezy
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:49:03AM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:16:15 -0400 amber gilchrist wrote: I want to throw out another problem I am having in this Wheezy upgrade: sound! I used to use ALSA with Squeeze, no problems. After the upgrade, I am able to get sound in my browser, I can play MP3 files, but I can't record and can't play wav: $ mpg321 radio.mp3(works fine) $ bplay radio.wavbplay: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory$ I am not sure how to debug this one. I tried loading the oss-compat package, and that hasn't changed things either. What could have happened in the Squeeze-Wheezy upgrade to get rid of /dev/dsp? Is oss-compat installed? -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130620103644.GB15403@tal
Re: /dev/dsp missing in Wheezy
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:16:15 -0400 amber gilchrist wrote: I want to throw out another problem I am having in this Wheezy upgrade: sound! I used to use ALSA with Squeeze, no problems. After the upgrade, I am able to get sound in my browser, I can play MP3 files, but I can't record and can't play wav: $ mpg321 radio.mp3(works fine) $ bplay radio.wavbplay: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory$ I am not sure how to debug this one. I tried loading the oss-compat package, and that hasn't changed things either. What could have happened in the Squeeze-Wheezy upgrade to get rid of /dev/dsp? I'm not sure if this will help you, but I have to load the snd_pcm_oss and snd_mixer_oss modules with modprobe to use mp3blaster. I'm not familiar with bplay but maybe it needs those modules too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130618104903.4e86e...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
Re: /dev/dsp missing in Wheezy
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 11:19 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:16:15 -0400 amber gilchrist wrote: I want to throw out another problem I am having in this Wheezy upgrade: sound! I used to use ALSA with Squeeze, no problems. After the upgrade, I am able to get sound in my browser, I can play MP3 files, but I can't record and can't play wav: $ mpg321 radio.mp3(works fine) $ bplay radio.wavbplay: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory$ I am not sure how to debug this one. I tried loading the oss-compat package, and that hasn't changed things either. What could have happened in the Squeeze-Wheezy upgrade to get rid of /dev/dsp? I'm not sure if this will help you, but I have to load the snd_pcm_oss and snd_mixer_oss modules with modprobe to use mp3blaster. I'm not familiar with bplay but maybe it needs those modules too. Funnily enough, I was just reading up on sound in Linux. /dev/dsp is the OSS emulation provided by ALSA http://alsa.opensrc.org/OSS_emulation bplay's code appears to have been written in '98 so probably OSS. Options would be to review the url above to see what else you've missed or switch to a newer player. Best wishes, Kailash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51c0a464.2060...@gmail.com
/dev/dsp missing in Wheezy
I want to throw out another problem I am having in this Wheezy upgrade: sound! I used to use ALSA with Squeeze, no problems. After the upgrade, I am able to get sound in my browser, I can play MP3 files, but I can't record and can't play wav: $ mpg321 radio.mp3(works fine) $ bplay radio.wavbplay: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory$ I am not sure how to debug this one. I tried loading the oss-compat package, and that hasn't changed things either. What could have happened in the Squeeze-Wheezy upgrade to get rid of /dev/dsp?
Re: /dev/dsp missing in Wheezy
I want to throw out another problem I am having in this Wheezy upgrade: sound! I used to use ALSA with Squeeze, no problems. After the upgrade, I am able to get sound in my browser, I can play MP3 files, but I can't record and can't play wav: $ mpg321 radio.mp3(works fine) $ bplay radio.wavbplay: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory$ I am not sure how to debug this one. I tried loading the oss-compat package, and that hasn't changed things either. What could have happened in the Squeeze-Wheezy upgrade to get rid of /dev/dsp? /dev/snd/? Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51bf3eb4.7000...@fuckaround.org
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with alsamixer. The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a /dev/dsp? There's something I don't understand here. -- hendrik -- Benjam? http://blog.bitassa.cat . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Wed January 3 2007 07:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with alsamixer. The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a /dev/dsp? There's something I don't understand here. Alsa's mixer settings are all muted and set to zero by default, why I don't know. I always run aslamixer and set them to good values and then run alsactl store to save them, but kmix or any other mixer can be used also. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 08:12:35AM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: On Wed January 3 2007 07:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with alsamixer. The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a /dev/dsp? There's something I don't understand here. Alsa's mixer settings are all muted and set to zero by default, why I don't know. To avoid blowing up loudspeakers, I've been told. I always run aslamixer and set them to good values and then run alsactl store to save them, but kmix or any other mixer can be used also. I run alsaconf. It sets them to usable values. But it didn't help when I had /dev/dsp in existence. - hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing
El Dilluns 01 Gener 2007 20:43, Sven Arvidsson va escriure: It seems the current stable release of Audacity doesn't support ALSA by default, but there are workarounds. http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=LinuxIssues#OSS_vs_ALSA Thanks again, is a good objective to get OSS free :) -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
Re: /dev/dsp missing
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 04:44 +0100, Benjamí Villoslada wrote: Ok, thanks! And Audacity, can works with ALSA? It seems the current stable release of Audacity doesn't support ALSA by default, but there are workarounds. http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=LinuxIssues#OSS_vs_ALSA -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: /dev/dsp missing
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 05:06 +0100, Benjamí Villoslada wrote: Right, but maybe some another programs need /dev/dsp ... such as mpg123? mpg123 can use alsa, see the -o option. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules load): /etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/! I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've added include /etc/modprobe.d and now the system loads oss modules on boot: $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf include /etc/modprobe.d I did this on my sarge system (which also didn't have a /dev/dsp) and one appeared. I could cat from it, and cat /dev/urandom to it and get noise. There are probably better things to cat to it. Unfortunately, after I did this, none of my audio programs worked. Couldn't get sound out of kaffeine, xmms, konqueror Is this a matter of /dev/dsp disabling alsa or something? When I took the line out of /etc/modprobe.conf, making it empty again, and rebooted (just in case), /dev/dsp vanished, and sould still didn't come back. I had a mute system. It took powering it down to restore normal sound, without /dev/dsp. This is probably a bug somewhere, that the sound card isn't being initialised properly. Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules load): /etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/! I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've added include /etc/modprobe.d and now the system loads oss modules on boot: $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf include /etc/modprobe.d I did this on my sarge system (which also didn't have a /dev/dsp) and one appeared. I could cat from it, and cat /dev/urandom to it and get noise. There are probably better things to cat to it. Unfortunately, after I did this, none of my audio programs worked. Couldn't get sound out of kaffeine, xmms, konqueror I know that xmms at least requires you to specify either ALSA or OSS in the sound driver configuration menu. Is this a matter of /dev/dsp disabling alsa or something? When I took the line out of /etc/modprobe.conf, making it empty again, and rebooted (just in case), /dev/dsp vanished, and sould still didn't come back. I had a mute system. It took powering it down to restore normal sound, without /dev/dsp. This is probably a bug somewhere, that the sound card isn't being initialised properly. Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. In Sarge some audio programs, like audacity use only OSS. Otherwise you can use the ALSA sound devices. With ALSA I suppose you have to disable real OSS, which has been deprecated anyway, and use the ALSA OSS-compatibility driver instead. I do this myself but use a combination of OSS programs that seems to require that I turn off the Gnome sound server (using the sound options in desktop preferences) but that could be a configuration error on my part. This setup obviously does not support audio mixing. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. I've digitized a number of audio cassettes that using Gnome sound recorder, but getting the volume right was always tricky. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing
El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 12:01, Sven Arvidsson va escriure: Right, but maybe some another programs need /dev/dsp ... such as mpg123? mpg123 can use alsa, see the -o option. Ok, thanks! And Audacity, can works with ALSA? -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with alsamixer. -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
Re: /dev/dsp missing
On Saturday 30 December 2006 03:46, Benjamí Villoslada wrote:
/dev/dsp is missing in my Debian Sid --I've used it one week ago with XMMS.
I've tried a oss-compat reinstallation, and have /dev/dsp again. But
disappears with the system reboot.
I've run alsaconf again. ALSA works fine.
Any idea? Thanks :)
Installed packages:
$ dpkg -l *oss* | grep ^i | awk '{print $2, $3}'
oss-compat 0.0.4
$ dpkg -l *alsa* | grep ^i | awk '{print $2, $3}'
alsa-base 1.0.13-3
alsa-firmware-loaders 1.0.13-1
alsa-tools 1.0.13-1
alsa-utils 1.0.13-1
alsamixergui 0.9.0rc2-1-9
libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.11-7
Kernel:
$ uname -a
Linux itaca 2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP Sun Dec 10 19:37:06 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
Regards,
It's worth checking if the alsa-oss package is available on synaptic, and
installing it if so.
Strange that Xmms was working ok. Perhaps apt-get updates for Sid have removed
the alsa-oss package for some reason.
Nigel.
Re: /dev/dsp missing
El Dissabte 30 Desembre 2006 14:14, Nigel Henry va escriure: It's worth checking if the alsa-oss package is available on synaptic, and installing it if so. I've installed alsa-oss without results :( Strange that Xmms was working ok. Perhaps apt-get updates for Sid have removed the alsa-oss package for some reason. I can't see it in aptitude logs --always I use aptitude. Only one oss-compat 0.0.3 to 0.0.4 at Oct 2 2006. Seems that I never installed alsa-oss, but oss works in my system before the last week :?? I can manually load oss modules: $ sudo modprobe snd-pcm-oss $ lsmod |grep -i oss snd_pcm_oss38368 0 snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm68644 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cmipci snd47012 10 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device And have this in /etc/modules.conf but the boot process doesn't load those modules: -- ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa-base # autoloader aliases alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 alias sound-slot-2 snd-card-2 alias sound-slot-3 snd-card-3 alias sound-slot-4 snd-card-4 alias sound-slot-5 snd-card-5 alias sound-slot-6 snd-card-6 alias sound-slot-7 snd-card-7 above sound-slot-0 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-1 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-2 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-3 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-4 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-5 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-6 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss above sound-slot-7 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss 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 # Load optional modules above their base modules above snd-pcm snd-pcm-oss above snd-mixer snd-mixer-oss above snd-seq snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi above snd-emu10k1 snd-emu10k1-synth above snd-via82xx snd-seq -- Thanks :) -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules load): /etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/! I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've added include /etc/modprobe.d and now the system loads oss modules on boot: $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf include /etc/modprobe.d $ lsmod|grep -i oss snd_pcm_oss38368 0 snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm68644 3 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_oss28768 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7008 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq45680 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7820 6 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd47012 16 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
Re: /dev/dsp missing
On 30.12.06 03:46, Benjamí Villoslada wrote: /dev/dsp is missing in my Debian Sid --I've used it one week ago with XMMS. I've tried a oss-compat reinstallation, and have /dev/dsp again. But disappears with the system reboot. I've run alsaconf again. ALSA works fine. Any idea? Thanks :) configure xmms to use ALSA, you won't need /dev/dsp -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing
El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 01:26, Matus UHLAR - fantomas va escriure: configure xmms to use ALSA, you won't need /dev/dsp Right, but maybe some another programs need /dev/dsp ... such as mpg123? -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
/dev/dsp missing
/dev/dsp is missing in my Debian Sid --I've used it one week ago with XMMS.
I've tried a oss-compat reinstallation, and have /dev/dsp again. But
disappears with the system reboot.
I've run alsaconf again. ALSA works fine.
Any idea? Thanks :)
Installed packages:
$ dpkg -l *oss* | grep ^i | awk '{print $2, $3}'
oss-compat 0.0.4
$ dpkg -l *alsa* | grep ^i | awk '{print $2, $3}'
alsa-base 1.0.13-3
alsa-firmware-loaders 1.0.13-1
alsa-tools 1.0.13-1
alsa-utils 1.0.13-1
alsamixergui 0.9.0rc2-1-9
libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.11-7
Kernel:
$ uname -a
Linux itaca 2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP Sun Dec 10 19:37:06 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
Regards,
--
Benjamí
http://blog.bitassa.cat
.
Re: /dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining
Colin wrote: Henry Hollenberg wrote: When I checked for devices I see no /dev/dsp but there is a /dev/snd and /dev/sndstat. Load the snd_pcm_oss kernel module Anybody else seen gnome Volume Control broken as such? Use the alsamixergui to change volume with ALSA That did it. Thanks Colin. I poked around in /usr/src/kernel/Documentation/sound and found some references as well. Takes awhile to become a guru hgh. -- Henry Hollenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining
Hey gang, I'm running sarge on an ibm laptop T40 from emperorlinux. I just upgraded the empkernel to 2.6.12 which got lots of things working which I had broken trying to fiddle with sound on my own. Later, when I tried to get the cdrom player working under gnome: /usr/bin/gnome-cd but had weak or no sound. SO, I went to the gnome Volume Control Applet (2.8.2) but it complains about: Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found in an Error dialog. When I checked for devices I see no /dev/dsp but there is a /dev/snd and /dev/sndstat. Anybody else seen gnome Volume Control broken as such? Is this a side effect of moving from oss to alsa? I was able to turn the sound up by: apt-get install kde kdm and using the kde volume control gismo. lsmod | grep snd: snd_intel8x0 29504 1 snd_ac97_codec 80120 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm84616 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 21892 1 snd_pcm snd47844 5 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 7904 2 audio,snd snd_page_alloc 7812 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm Thanks, hgh. -- Henry Hollenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining
This problem has been happening a lot lately. In any case, it has happened on most computers that I have installed Debian on recently. I remember being told that the reason is that Alsa is not stable enough so that it does not get installed by default (or something to that effect). Not much help, I know. Sorry. Leonid Grinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lgrinberg.org
Re: /dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining
Henry Hollenberg wrote: When I checked for devices I see no /dev/dsp but there is a /dev/snd and /dev/sndstat. Load the snd_pcm_oss kernel module Anybody else seen gnome Volume Control broken as such? Use the alsamixergui to change volume with ALSA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/dev/mouse /dev/dsp missing !
Hi, I booted up my Debian unstable distro today only to find the cursor static in center of screen and no sound. Upon checking, the hardware is OK, but I cannot find /dev/mouse as specified in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and Mplayer gives me the message audio setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: no such device Upon checking, /dev/dsp proves to be missing. What is happening here ? Is this part of some unstable apt-upgrade/update transition ? Have others had the same problem ? I'd welcome any constructive advice. Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: /dev/mouse /dev/dsp missing!
Fyi, Adam. - Forwarded message from Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: slug@slug.org.au Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/mouse /dev/dsp missing! Mail-Followup-To: slug@slug.org.au, [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-message-Flag: Don't you wish you were using Free Software? http://fsf.org X-uptime: 22:04:17 up 15 min, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.46, 0.46 Thanks Jason, I tried that .. /dev/mouse is depreciated. All it's supposed to be is a link to /dev/psaux as far as I recall but on my system it doesn't exist either. I'd guess it was removed as it's not supposed to be used any more. The most recommended thing to change it to would be /dev/input/mice as this reads from all mice that the system knows of so you don't have to manually specify each one you attach to the system. .. but still no cursor. @#$! Not only that, but I don't seem to be able to enter init 3 via Alt-F* or typing 'init 3' at boot prompt so I'm using mutt in the top left two-thirds of the screen .. better than nothing. What sound modules were you using previously? alsa or oss? Since oss is depreciated I'd guess also but then I hav no idea why you've got mplayer set to play via oss rather than alsa. ALSA - but I can't find alsa modules in /etc/modules (attached) - are they missing ? If you are using alsa like me. I had alsa sound work fine but not programs that still tried to use oss devices after my last transition. The alsa sound modules were loaded but not the oss modules that provide backwards compatibility with oss sound devices. Try loading, snd-mixer-oss and snd-pcm-oss (modprobe snd-mixer-oss, modprobe snd-mixer-oss) and see if that makes /dev/dsp appear. If so add those modules to your /etc/modules file so they are loaded on next boot. Hmm .. tried that too but still received the /dev/dsp error message from mplayer. I think I have to sleep on this - it always happens when other things are also coming to a head. Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored. printer apm usb-uhci input usbkbd keybdev binfmt_aout binfmt_misc bsd_comp ppp_synctty ppp_deflate ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack_irc ip_tables ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_MIRROR iptable_filter iptable_mangle ipt_unclean ipt_state ipt_owner ipt_multiport analog agpgart nbd raid0 raid1 lvm-mod multipath isa-pnp soundcore sound audio msdos affs nfsd nls_cp1250 nls_cp852 nls_iso8859-2 ramfs tulip psmouse sermouse vsxxxaa swsusp bttv video1394 usbmouse uhci-hcd usb-storage - End forwarded message - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
