Re: [linux-audio-user] not quite so simple.... mandrake 9.0 +devfs help!!

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] not quite so simple.... mandrake 9.0 +devfs help!!
From: D R Holsbeck (drh_AT_niptron.com)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 16:11:23 EET

ok so what does ls -l /dev/dsp0 show you? /dev/dsp should point at
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 16 08:02 /dev/dsp ->
sound/dsp

you can do this manually for testing. Just rm -rf /dev/dsp, then
 ln -s /dev/sound/dsp /dev/dsp. Does that work?
 
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:59, iriXx wrote:
> weird.... very weird.... apps are still complaining of no soundcard, but
> this is output of ls -l /dev/dsp:
>
> [root_AT_hamish alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5]# ls -l /dev/dsp
> lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 16 13:09 /dev/dsp ->
> /dev/dsp0
>
> alias entries are still there in modules.conf too....
>
> one thing i didnt do last night (because the soundcard got running
> without it) was uninstall the mandrake alsa rpms... i might do that...
> after all rc5 source should have everything i need there... it might be
> confusing the files....
>
> thankx
>
> m~
>
> D R Holsbeck wrote:
> > so what does ls -l /dev/dsp show you? Are the alias entries still in
> > modules.conf, or did mandrake rebuild it for you?
> >
> > On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:41, iriXx wrote:
> >
> >>no... thats the strangest thing, if it was unresolved symbols it would
> >>make sense....
> >>
> >>modprobe snd-usb-audio snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd seq-oss all are
> >>fine... no errors at all.....
> >>
> >>what happens is i open up xmms or any other sound app and it complains
> >>my soundcard isnt there!
> >>
> >>thanx
> >>m~
> >>
> >>D R Holsbeck wrote:
> >>
> >>>what are the errors? Unresolved symbols possibly?
> >>>
> >>>On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:12, iriXx wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>hi all.....
> >>>>
> >>>>well im afraid its not quite as simple as i thought.... got errors this
> >>>>morning same as usual when loading the usb-audio modules.
> >>>>not really sure what would have caused this except that i've
> >>>>rebooted.... maybe i havent cleaned out the existing alsa stuff from
> >>>>mandrake enough?....
> >>>>this is very confusing... last night everything worked fine....
> >>>>i'll try all the steps i went through last night.... but im quite
> >>>>puzzled.... again here is my modules.conf.... i might need some help on
> >>>>this as mandrake 9.0 runs devfs.....
> >>>>
> >>>>thanx
> >>>>m
> >>>>
> >>>># ALSA portion
> >>>>alias char-major-116 snd
> >>>>alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
> >>>>
> >>>># OSS/Free portion
> >>>>alias char-major-14 soundcore
> >>>>alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> >>>>
> >>>>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
> >>>>
> >>>># DEVFS STUFF
> >>>>alias /dev/sound sound-slot-0
> >>>>alias /dev/audio /dev/sound
> >>>>alias /dev/mixer /dev/sound
> >>>>alias /dev/dsp /dev/sound
> >>>>alias /dev/dspW /dev/sound
> >>>>alias /dev/midi /dev/sound
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I'm really not sure of the best place to put this, but
> >>>>>the wiki sounds like a good start. I'm sure alsa-user
> >>>>>would appreciated it. Also, I myself need an ALSA
> >>>>>setup tutorial/troubleshoot for my own Mandrake site
> >>>>>(it's still the one problem I get questions about),
> >>>>>but I certainly don't want to draw you into a job you
> >>>>>don't want ;-> The page is at:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>http:www/esm.rochester.edu/kevine/turnkey/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>You might also consider adding this to the Mandrake
> >>>>>User Board, though it is quite a state of flux these
> >>>>>days, and down entirely today.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Best,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Kevin
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>--
> >>>>iriXx
> >>>>www.iriXx.org
> >>>>
> >>>>copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> >>>>info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>>www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>>
> >>>> _
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> >>>> X
> >>>>/ \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *** stopping make sense ***
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>--
> >>iriXx
> >>www.iriXx.org
> >>
> >>copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> >>info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>
> >> _
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> >>/ \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
> >>
> >>
> >> *** stopping make sense ***
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> iriXx
> www.iriXx.org
>
> copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
>
> _
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> X
> / \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
>
>
> *** stopping make sense ***
>
> 

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