No sound in sarge 2.6.8-686, even /dev/dsp does not exist.

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No sound in sarge 2.6.8-686, even /dev/dsp does not exist.

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01-04-2005, 02:29 PM	#16
mp55 Member Registered: Jul 2004 Distribution: Fedora 7 Posts: 32 Original Poster Rep:	Thanks, ValidiusMaximus. I'm using esound in XMMS now. Somehow I just can't get ALSA work in XMMS. I've tried different options in ALSA plugin. There are three choices for audio device, Front, Rear, and Center/LFE. Front will make XMMS say can't open device. For Rear and Center XMMS won't return error and seems to be playing, but I can't hear any sound.

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