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Sound driver problem-can't be opened
Hi... newbie here.
kubuntu 5.04 install went very well on my old Windows 2000 computer. ("Windows no more!" he shouted as he screamed down the hall.) Anyway, I've come across my first problem and was hoping someone could help. I get the message =========================== Informational - artsmessage Sound server informational message Error while initializing the sound driver device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. =========================== I was told by the person who gave me the computer that the sound card should work well with Linux. What can I do? Thanks, Ray |
what sound card is it? need to know so we know how to help
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Sorry :)
It's a Creative (Labs?) CT4500 |
open a terminal and type
lsmod | grep snd and post what you get here this will list the modules you have loaded pertaining to the sound card |
I typed in lsmod | grep snd and nothing happened. I assume that the pipe is for a new line. Anyway... when I typed lsmod I got this...
Module Size Used by proc_intf 4100 0 freq_table 4100 0 cpufreq_userspace 4572 0 cpufreq_ondemand 6172 0 cpufreq_powersave 1920 0 apm 19948 2 ipv6 229504 9 af_packet 20744 2 ohci_hcd 19848 0 ehci_hcd 29444 0 3c59x 37160 0 i2c_piix4 8592 0 i2c_core 21264 1 i2c_piix4 uhci_hcd 30224 0 usbcore 107384 3 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd pci_hotplug 30512 0 intel_agp 20636 1 agpgart 31784 1 intel_agp analog 10784 0 ns558 5632 0 gameport 4608 2 analog,ns558 floppy 54864 0 pcspkr 3816 0 rtc 12216 0 md 43856 0 dm_mod 53116 1 capability 5000 0 commoncap 7808 1 capability tsdev 7488 0 evdev 9088 0 psmouse 19336 0 mousedev 11160 1 parport_pc 34372 1 lp 10792 0 parport 33480 2 parport_pc,lp ide_cd 38532 0 cdrom 36508 1 ide_cd ext3 120968 1 jbd 54168 1 ext3 ide_generic 1664 0 piix 9988 1 ide_disk 18176 3 ide_core 118988 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk unix 26164 460 processor 22708 0 fbcon 34048 0 font 8448 1 fbcon bitblit 5120 1 fbcon vesafb 6948 0 cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3584 1 vesafb When I type grep snd, nothing happened :( |
it was supposed to be typed just like I said to show only what we needed to see, namely the snd parts...no problem
you don't have the modules loaded for your sound card before compiling a new kernel, let's see if they are just hiding in a terminal, as root type exactly the following: Code:
modprobe snd-sbawethen let me know what happens edit: had to change the _ to a - sorry about that |
I tried it three times (and I really did type a hyphen ... I know I did!) and got this each time:
WARNING: Error inserting soundcore (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_device (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_rawmidi (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_mpu401_uart (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_sb_common (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb-common.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_sb16_csp (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-csp.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_page_alloc (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_page_alloc (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting soundcore (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Operation not permitted FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error running install command for snd_pcm WARNING: Error inserting snd_sb16_dsp (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-dsp.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_opl3_lib (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting soundcore (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_device (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_rawmidi (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_mpu401_uart (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_sb_common (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb-common.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_sb16_csp (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-csp.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_page_alloc (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_page_alloc (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting soundcore (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Operation not permitted FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error running install command for snd_pcm WARNING: Error inserting snd_sb16_dsp (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-dsp.ko): Operation not permitted WARNING: Error inserting snd_opl3_lib (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.ko): Operation not permitted FATAL: Error inserting snd_sbawe (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.ko): Operation not permitted FATAL: Error running install command for snd_sbawe |
I apologize for that, in most distros you become root by typing su, then your root password when prompted. I forgot that in ubuntu/kubuntu you have to use sudo. Put sudo in front of the modprobe and try it again, if you didn't.
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I typed sudo modprobe snd-sbawe
It asked for my password, which I typed in, and then it returned with another prompt (not quite immediately). Does that mean that nothing's installed? |
that's good...try something that uses sound
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that's good...all those errors before were because you needed to be root...now try something that uses sound to check it out
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Alright ... here's what I did.
Control Center -> Sound & Maintenance -> System Notifications -> Actions -> play a sound I selected a sound and pressed the play button. Nothing happened (soundwise, that is....) -Ray |
start kmix and check your volume level
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In Kmix, the current mixer is blank. (And how am I finding everything so easily? I love this!!!)
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in a terminal
sudo kwrite /etc/modules when the document opens, add snd-sbawe to it save it, close it and reboot I don't understand why it's not working already, but we'll get it figured out |
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