Re: [newbie] no /dev/dsp in 10.0
Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 10 May 2004 10:56, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: I installed 10.0 official. I have a azt2320 ISA soundcard I added to /etc/modprobe.preload the snd-azt2320 line. Sound modules are loaded correctly at boot, but /dev/dsp is not created so xmms and mplayer don't generate sound. If I manually create the /dev/dsp device, sound works ok. You may need to add the OSS emulation lines as well. See :- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=AzTechcard=AZT2320chip=AZT2320module=azt2320 (BTW: You might find xmms works without having to do anything to the drivers if you configure xmms to use the ALSA output plugin ) Derek, some of the above got it working, but I am not sure of which part :-) At first I modified the modprobe.conf to add the OSS-related lines (BTW, it seems to me the syntax is the same as modules.conf, isn't it?). Reboot, no work. Then I reconfigured xmms to use ALSA instead of OSS, as you suggested. No error (previously I got no /dev/dsp error) but still no sound. So I loaded alsa-utils, unmuted sound and finally heard music. mplayer tries to open /dev/dsp, doesn't find it and switches to ALSA, so it also is working fine now. Next days I might try to remove the OSS-related part from modprobe.conf, just to see if ALSA it still works. I must say that I find the Linux sound architecture quite confusing :-[ thanks, raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] no /dev/dsp in 10.0
Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: Check /var/log/messages for any messages from the kernel concerning your sound card. If there's anything in there recommending a different driver, try that driver. If not, then, well, see if you can find out somewhere else what driver might work (try google of course). Rob, thanks, I got it working in some way. Anyway, the kernel log did not complain about the driver. I am not sure in my case it is a problem with the driver, but rather with the startup scripts which do not create the correct device /dev/dsp. I fact, if I created it manually, the driver worked fine. As I said elsewhere, I'm still confused... raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] no /dev/dsp in 10.0
I installed 10.0 official. I have a azt2320 ISA soundcard, which worked fine in 9.x and 8.x I added to /etc/modprobe.preload the snd-azt2320 line. Sound modules are loaded correctly at boot, but /dev/dsp is not created so xmms and mplayer don't generate sound. If I manually create the /dev/dsp device, sound works ok. I also tried adding alias snd-slot-0 snd-azt2320 to /etc/modprobe.conf, but it does not change, still no /dev/dsp. Is there a correct way to force the boot script to create the /dev/dsp device? thanks, raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] no /dev/dsp in 10.0
On Monday 10 May 2004 10:56, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: I installed 10.0 official. I have a azt2320 ISA soundcard, which worked fine in 9.x and 8.x I added to /etc/modprobe.preload the snd-azt2320 line. Sound modules are loaded correctly at boot, but /dev/dsp is not created so xmms and mplayer don't generate sound. If I manually create the /dev/dsp device, sound works ok. I also tried adding alias snd-slot-0 snd-azt2320 to /etc/modprobe.conf, but it does not change, still no /dev/dsp. Is there a correct way to force the boot script to create the /dev/dsp device? thanks, raffaele You may need to add the OSS emulation lines as well. See :- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=AzTechcard=AZT2320chip=AZT2320module=azt2320 This page only goves the lines to add for the 2.4 kernel (modules.conf) If you edit /etc/modules.conf and then run /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf then it will create a /etc/modprobe.conf file for you (Make a backup first in case it screws something up. It always gets the nvidia line wrong when I use it) (BTW: You might find xmms works without having to do anything to the drivers if you configure xmms to use the ALSA output plugin ) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
