I just upgrade to KDE 3.2. Now, upon login my sound server won't start up, saying that /dev/dsp doesn't exist or something. Anyone familiar with this problem?

Thanks!

Try this as root and as a normal user.
If it works as root but not as normal user then your permissions are screwed up. Post back the results and we'll go from there.

I logged in as root from the menu screen and punched in that command in the shell and it gave me this: bash: /dev/dsp: No such device

Hmmm. Try this
Post the results here.

Also, did you ever run alsaconf as root?

Yes I did run alsaconf as root but it tells me I have no supported pnp or pci cards, then no legacy drivers when it probes for them. I've never had a problem with my sound in Linux before.
I ran sclocate dsp and this is what it gave me...

root@Slackware:/# slocate dsp
/dev/dsp0
/dev/dsp1
/dev/dsp2
/dev/dsp3
/dev/adsp0
/dev/adsp1
/dev/adsp2
/dev/adsp3
/dev/dsp
/dev/adsp
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/aedsp16.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-dsp.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb8-dsp.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.23/kernel/sound/pci/rme9652/snd-hdsp.o.gz
/usr/bin/esddsp
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/Handspring-Visor
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/pod/perlpodspec.pod
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i486-linux/auto/DynaLoader/dl_expandspec.al
/usr/lib/libesddsp.so.0.2.32
/usr/lib/libesddsp.la
/usr/lib/libesddsp.a
/usr/lib/libesddsp.so.0
/usr/lib/libesddsp.so
/usr/lib/qt-3.3.2/mkspecs/win32-icc/win32app.dsp
/usr/lib/qt-3.3.2/mkspecs/win32-icc/win32dll.dsp
/usr/lib/qt-3.3.2/mkspecs/win32-icc/win32lib.dsp
/usr/lib/qt-3.3.2/mkspecs/win32-msvc/win32app.dsp
/usr/lib/qt-3.3.2/mkspecs/win32-msvc/win32dll.dsp
/usr/lib/qt-3.3.2/mkspecs/win32-msvc/win32lib.dsp
/usr/man/man1/perlpodspec.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/esddsp.1.gz
/usr/man/man4/dsp56k.4.gz
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/isdn/eicon/dsp_defs.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/isdn/eicon/eicon_dsp.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/isdn/eicon/dspdids.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/sound/aedsp16.c
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/config/sound/aedsp16
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/config/sound/aedsp16/module.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/config/sound/aedsp16.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/config/aedsp16
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/config/aedsp16/sbpro.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/config/aedsp16/mpu401.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/asm-m68k/dsp56k.h
/usr/share/texmf/doc/help/Catalogue/entries/needspace.html
/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/bbm/blbordsp.mf
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin1.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin2.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin3.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin4.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin5.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin6.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin7.png
/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/cdspin8.png
/usr/include/sound/cs46xx_dsp_task_types.h
/usr/include/sound/cs46xx_dsp_scb_types.h
/usr/include/sound/hdsp.h
/usr/include/sound/cs46xx_dsp_spos.h
/opt/kde/bin/artsdsp
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp.so.0.0.0
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp_st.la
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp_st.so.0.0.0
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp.la
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp.so.0
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp_st.so
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp.so
/opt/kde/lib/libartsdsp_st.so.0
/opt/kde/include/mpeglib/output/dspX11OutputStream.h

Alright that is werid but it can be fixed, can you do a "lsmod" for us and tell us the output of that?
I think your sound modules/drivers are not being loaded as a result you have no sound, another question are you running kernel 2.6.x or the basic slackware kernel 2.4.22?

root@Slackware:/# lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
nvidia 1965152 4 (autoclean)
keybdev 1952 0 (unused)
mousedev 4244 0 (unused)
acm 5856 0 (unused)
printer 7040 0
hid 21156 0 (unused)
input 3200 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
sis900 13388 0 (unused)
8139too 15240 1
mii 2304 0 [8139too]
crc32 2880 0 [sis900 8139too]
usb-ohci 18888 0 (unused)
usbcore 58400 1 [acm printer hid usb-ohci]
ide-scsi 9424 0
agpgart 39576 3


I'm not sure with kernel I have. I just installed Slackware 9.1 a few days ago and haven't updated any system files yet, just programs. Btw, this sound thing started (at least it was telling me) right after I upgraded KDE to 3.2.

Maybe it would take care of it if I reinstalled KDE?

I had the same problem when I upgraded to 3.2. I recompiled alsa and everything started to work again. I think its a problem with the alsa packages that were used when compiling KDE, but I can't remember at the moment.

Yep, actually that's what I ended up doing late lastnight. I just downloaded the newest driver, lib, and util from ALSA's website and it works just fine now.

Thanks for everyone's help! Much appreciated