I just recently noticed when my daughter summoned Bob the Builder that I am getting no sound from websites. This is in the Syslog at the moment sound should be issuing from the site:

Jun 22 18:52:32 darkstar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1
Jun 22 18:52:32 darkstar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0

All other sound - CDs, music etc is OK. Anyone help please? I cannot think where to look.

Using Opera 7.50 in Slack 9.1.

I am getting those same errors in my syslog, but I do get sound from websites. Are you trying to listen to xmms, and the wesite at the same time, that may have something to do with it. Sorry, I could not be more helpful

-tank

Which plugins do you have installed?

i cant listen to homestarrunner. i can hear it out of my onboard sound, but not the sound card. perhaps that has something to do with it?

I have just Flash and three copies of the realplayer plugin (in different places). However, all realplayer stuff is run using realplayer itself rather than the plugin so I can see what is happening, and that works fine. Could this be the problem - lack of plugins? I have plugins enabled but just set those music files from Amazon etc to open in Realplayer.

PS No, I am not trying to run anything else requiring sound at the same time.

I have just seen another post about sound problems in which various aliases for sound-slot and sound-service are listed in the writer's /etc/modules.conf. I checked mine and there is nothing like that. Could this be the problem? Lsmod lists all these sound modules, many of which were linked to this other poster's sound-slot and sound-service aliases:

mellor@darkstar:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ppp_deflate 3288 0 (autoclean)
zlib_deflate 18200 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]
bsd_comp 4312 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 7552 1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 15452 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 5040 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
lt_serial 18740 3 (autoclean)
lt_modem 472507 0 (autoclean) [lt_serial]
mach64 87584 2
autofs 10388 3
snd-pcm-oss 37252 0
snd-mixer-oss 11992 1 [snd-pcm-oss]
yenta_socket 10368 0
pcmcia_core 40032 0 [yenta_socket]
uhci 24496 0 (unused)
usbcore 58400 1 [uhci]
snd-es1968 14604 1
snd-pcm 55904 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-es1968]
snd-timer 13252 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 6004 0 [snd-es1968 snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 37240 0 [snd-es1968]
snd-mpu401-uart 3136 0 [snd-es1968]
snd-rawmidi 12512 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3920 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 27460 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-es1968 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3332 5 [snd]
ide-scsi 9424 0
agpgart 39576 3
apm 9640 2
mellor@darkstar:~$

The only aliases in my /etc/modules.conf refer to lt_serial and lt_modem.

Well, I just tried another browser - Firefox - and although I get the same messages about unable to locate the sound modules I have sound from websites! So the problem is with Opera, not Slackware. Should have tried this first - sorry to waste time everyone. Off to the Opera forum. Thanks anyway.

PS I have the Opera plugins folder linked to firefox so they both use exactly the same plugins - so no problem there presumably

Found the problem - seems others with Opera also had it. /dev/dsp is a link to /dev/dsp0 and while /dev/dsp is chmodded to 777 /dev/dsp0 was not. I changed that and all is now well. Presumably firefox must get its sound from somewhere else?