I'm trying to get sound working on my laptop, and im getting this error upon logging in:
Code:
Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
here's some output from a terminal
Code:
hplaptop:/home/brandon# lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss 34656 0
snd_seq_device 8200 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_midi_event 7680 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 53872 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 55080 0
snd_pcm 98728 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11752 1 snd_pcm
snd_timer 25732 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 57156 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 10272 1 snd
hplaptop:/home/brandon#
hplaptop:/home/brandon# lspci | grep audio
0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4370 (rev 02)
hplaptop:/home/brandon#
hplaptop:/home/brandon# ls -ll /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686/kernel/sound/drivers/
total 76
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 20:18 mpu401
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 20:18 opl3
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 20:18 opl4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14239 2005-08-16 15:14 snd-dummy.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13826 2005-08-16 15:14 snd-mtpav.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19028 2005-08-16 15:14 snd-serial-u16550.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7356 2005-08-16 15:14 snd-virmidi.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 20:18 vx
hplaptop:/home/brandon#
i installed alsa-oss and libesd-alsa0 w/ apt-get also
thanks for any help
HP Pavillion ze2308wm
Sempron 2800+
ATI chipset
Conexant AC-Link audio (according to windows)
Debian Sarge 2.6.8-2-686
