/dev/dsp does not exist
 

Recently I noticed I haven't got any sound in Unreal Tournament 2004 anymore.

Having a look at the error message durinh start of the game, it tells me there is no /dev/dsp .

It is right, the file is not existing so I created a link from /dev/dsp1 and after that I had sound again.

But I don't think this is the correct way, anyway the link is gone after every reboot.

I could add a line to rc.local, but I think something like that should be done by udev?
But how?

Hope someone can help, thanks in advance!

does /dev/dsp0 exist?

ps. have a quick look at /etc/udev/rules.d/40-alsa.rules

No, only /dev/dsp1

But as far as I know all modules are loaded. I'm not at home at the moment, so I can't have a look right now. I'll post the output of lsmod later.

What is your Slackware version?

You can also check that /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa is executable.

Also check which group your user belongs to:

replace "user" with your user name.

Your user should be in group "audio"

My Version is current from beginning of december, using slackware kernel 2.6.27.7 generic recompiled for 64 GB Ram support.

rc.alsa is executable
user is in audio

@ Tuttle: This file is not there, but only under /lib :

cat /lib/udev/rules.d/40-alsa.rules
# do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on update

KERNEL=="controlC[0-9]*", NAME="snd/%k"
KERNEL=="hwC[D0-9]*", NAME="snd/%k"
KERNEL=="pcmC[D0-9cp]*", NAME="snd/%k"
KERNEL=="midiC[D0-9]*", NAME="snd/%k"
KERNEL=="timer", NAME="snd/%k"
KERNEL=="seq", NAME="snd/%k"
KERNEL=="mixer0", SYMLINK+="mixer"
KERNEL=="dsp0", SYMLINK+="dsp"
KERNEL=="audio0", SYMLINK+="audio"

It worked on Slackware 12.1, so some update to current must have broken it.

dev/dsp should have been created as a symlink to /dev/dsp0 but you said only /dev/dsp1 is existing in your system.

It's a bit strange because /dev/dsp0 should have been created as part of package a/devs-2.3.1-noarch-25.tgz

I would suggest to reinstall that package.

Great! That was the solution! Thanks a lot!

Never even really noticed that this udev - rule was on /dev/dsp0

Great! That was the solution! Thanks a lot!

Never even really noticed that this udev - rule was on /dev/dsp0