Hi, I've tried just about everything i've found on google to get my sound working on my compaq v2000 laptop. no luck, im using xmms on slackware 10.2 default 2.4 kernel, kde and I keep getting

** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): No such device

I've read that i should be using the snd-intel8x0 module, here is my lsmod.


Module Size Used by Not tainted
ndiswrapper 145336 0
snd-intel8x0 18304 0
snd-ac97-codec 58556 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 54344 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer 13764 0 [snd-pcm]
snd 32772 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore 3396 0 [snd]
snd-page-alloc 4712 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused)
usbcore 59148 1 [ndiswrapper uhci ehci-hcd]
ide-scsi 9392 0
agpgart 45508 0 (unused)

and esd -d /dev/dsp shows

ALSA lib pcm.c:2090snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM /dev/dsp

do i need to change this?

Any help would be appreciated. thanks.

what steps have you taken so far?

e.g. what does alsaconf report?

alsaconf reports no legacy cards found.
turned up the volume on alsamixer...

i've tried googling for linux on my laptop and the card AC audio controller Intel 82801DB Sound Card seems to install fine on other distros. tried to modprobe the module

modprobe snd-intel8x0, module loads

http://www.slackerbible.org/book/ Slackware Handbook section7.2 covers sound configuration. You loaded right module for alsa to work.Your lappy also has i810 modem. Check with lspci. Often SW hotplug has conflict when it sees modem as soundcard and loads it 1st thereby preventing soundcard from working. Review issue of hotplug blacklisting to get sound to work. Good luck.

i have snd-intel8x0m added to my blacklist and even have a script that does:

modprobe -r snd-intel8x0m
modprobe -r snd-intel8x0
modprobe snd-intel8x0

but getting the same result...

So you modprobed the intel module then ran alsaconf to see if it found card now? and get no legacy card found? If the steps in section7.2 of http://www.slackerbible.org/book/ don't help then someone more experienced may come along. Good luck.