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Re: [LUG] Help the Aged



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On Sunday 29 Dec 2002 6:25 pm, philip ireland wrote:
Neil Williams wrote:-
That may be just a permissions prob. go su and enter chmod a+x /dev/dsp
Dear Neil,
Did that got:-" chmod: failed to get attributes of `/dev/dsp' no such
file or directory"

Can assume now not a permissions prob.?


Yes, (although once configured, the permissions may still need to be set this 
way), it sounds like you will need to do some work with modprobe.

Take a look (as root again) in by using ls:
# ls /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci

Then use modprobe (if the module isn't workable, you'll get a long error 
message, make a note not to try that module again and move on to the next.)

On MDK9, I got:
ac97/      nm256/            snd-ens1370.o.gz  snd-ice1712.o.gz   
snd-sonicvibes.o.gz
ali5451/   rme9652/          snd-ens1371.o.gz  snd-intel8x0.o.gz  
snd-via686.o.gz
cs46xx/    snd-als4000.o.gz  snd-es1938.o.gz   snd-maestro3.o.gz  
snd-via8233.o.gz
emu10k1/   snd-cmipci.o.gz   snd-es1968.o.gz   snd-rme32.o.gz     trident/
korg1212/  snd-cs4281.o.gz   snd-fm801.o.gz    snd-rme96.o.gz     ymfpci/

You didn't say which sound card your machine has, but what you should look for 
is a .o.gz file, preferably in one of the subdirectories like emu10k1 or 
trident (I think the snd- ones are less specific and therefore might not 
offer all the 'features' of your card but I'm probably wrong on that).
e.g.
# modprobe emu10k1
# modprobe trident

This may well create the /dev/dsp device for you.

If not, we'll try again (just let us know what sound card you have - either 
from hardrake or Windows).

also went via " look & feel, system notifications et. play sound. got
same response.

logically must relate to some failure in the  Mandrake 9.  install. Is
it feasible these sound items were missed on the  cd??

Probably not missed, just not completely configured.

- -- 

Neil Williams
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http://www.dclug.org.uk

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