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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Can't open mixer device
From:       Simon Mushi <mushis () mail ! lafayette ! edu>
Date:       2003-06-12 13:20:45
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Dear Maba,

Thanks again...modprobeing the pcm-oss and mixer-oss fixed the problem..
man..! I owe you so much for all the helps ... it is sucha
great feeling to have conquered all these obstacles.. nto alone but with
the help of all y'all... gentoo and I are gonna be seeing a whole lot more
of each other... next projects... getting my videum card capture card
online... but I think I will wait a couple of weeks before that.

Anyway, keep on hacking!

Best,

Simon

 

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Mauricio Barraza wrote:

> Hi again Simon,
> 
> I'm glad to hear that you've made some progress. :)
> Make sure that your user are in the audio group.
> If it is, and the sound is still not working, it may be a problem with
> the alsa-oss emulation not getting loaded on startup.
> Check if you have these lines in your /etc/modules.d/alsa file:
> 
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> 
> and
> 
> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> 
> However, I've experienced in the past that this does not always load the
> modules. If it does not, then try to modprobe snd-pcm-oss and
> snd-mixer-oss yourself.
> 
> I hope this will help you.
> 
> //maba
> 
> On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 05:58, Simon Mushi wrote:
> > Greetings to all once again,
> > 
> > I have managed to recompile my kernel and slowly but surely restore my
> > system to its past glory after re-emerged nvidia-kernel, some vmware mods,
> > and alsa-driver as well as alsa-oss.
> > 
> > However, I still get an error message on loading on Gnome ..."Couldn't
> > open mixer device dev/sound/mixer"... and as a result I am unable to play
> > audio.. Even at teh console using mpg123 to play an mp43 i get a message
> > "Unable to open /dev/dsp"....Does anyone know how to get rid of this...
> > 
> > All I can say is that I once had it all working like a charm...i will get
> > back there soon.
> > 
> > Thx for any help,
> > 
> > Simon
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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