So I recompiled my kernel with the previous settings, and I got no errors during the install. Now My sound doesnt work. It says it cant find /dev/dsp.

I have a SB Audigy,and Slack detects it (and auto set it up last time). What can I do to fix this, I assume I have to give arts the right location, but I dont know what that is or where to find it.

Thanks for any help.

I would think that would be a module to be loaded. The /dev/dsp would not be active until a driver activates the device. If it was working before the new kernel, then I need to ask if you ran "make modules" and "make modules_install" as a part of the process? If you did, then check for the module in the /lib/modules/kernel-version tree. If the module exists for your current kernel then check to see if the module is loaded. (lsmod) If you didn't, then return to the kernel source and run the module commands to build and install the modules.

Your side bar indicates Slack 9. Did you disable hotplug? If you did then perhaps it needs to be reactivated to load the sound driver module when you boot. Unless you want to load all modules manually.

I enabled Hotplug when I installed origionaly, but I dont know if I did during my recompile. If the right modules not installed, how exactly do I go about enablin it.

Try to load the module. I think it is emu10k1 for the modulename.

modprobe emu10k1

If the module is not found, then look in the /lib/modules/kernel.version/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1 directory for the module. If it is not present then go back check your kernel config to see if it was enabled for kernel builtin or disabled. Change if required and rebuild and install.