I have been using slackware for a couple months now and since I installed it I haven't had any problems with the sound. Now, however, when I boot up it gives me this error when KDE loads:
Sound server informational message:
Erro while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device

The only thing that I can think of that has changed since yesterday was that I did a swaret --upgrade and install a bunch of updates. What should I do so I can get my sound working again?
Thanks.

maybe you have to run " #alsaconfig " ( if it was updated )

egag

I tried alsaconfig as # and $, its not found

sorry , it's "#alsaconf "

egag

Hmm,
Try opening a console, becoming root (use su -). Then type "alsaconf" (no quotes). If that doesn't work, try this:
If that doesn't work, make sure you have alsa installed:
Hope that helps!
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Taj

alsaconf worked but it said it found no pnp or pci devices. Legacy devices also was negative. What do I have to do for it to detect it?

sounds like your modules are not loaded.
do a " #lsmod |grep snd "
what do you get then ?

egag

make sure you have installed the alsa package that matches your kernel (if you did an swaret upgrade, the kernel is excluded by default.. yet alsa is not)... So either reinstall alsa from pkgtool from the cd.. or download and install alsa from source.

One time i used swaret and had the same problem with alsa, i had to reload the modules to get it to work...

I'll do that and post its output

That makes sense too, I did update alsa and I'm only using the 2.4.26 kernel so it may have an issue...

the results of lsmod, what should I do from here?

I see my scanner is listed, its an hp 5400c, how could I use that in linux too?

I got it! I reinstalled the alsa-driver from my topo cd and it works great! Thanks for all the help. Also for reference, the version that works is alsa-driver-1.0.5a.
Thanks again.