thanks for your swift reply, at approximately Fri, 01 Nov 2002 17:51:31 +0100, the X-mailer used by Adam Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested that "yam9070.1590.120533200@proserpine" is somehow related to:
> | #O#n 31-Oct-02, de|ire wrote: > | > | > naturally the first port of call is "have i used the snddevices script > | > to generate the dev entries" and the answer is yes. after using it > | > *alsa appears to work fine* BUT my problem is that on restart, the > | > /dev/snd directory *completely disappears* forcing me to use > | > ./snddevices again before i can use alsa!! > | > | From the sound of it, you're using devfs - hence your /dev is not > | actually stored on-disk, but is generated dynamically by the kernel. unfortunately i am not using devfs/d, though recently i was. i wish this were the reason. i am using a static fs which is why this is particularly odd. following Jesse's suggestion i hid the drivers. to my surprise this resulted in /dev/snd being generated on startup as normal! this is a clue, but i don't know where to take it.. anyone ideas? kind thanks for your continued assistance, de/ -- , variables aren't ___ ___ ___ / / / / / /.--| |.-----constants weren't |__|.----.-----. ,' ,',' ,',' ,' | _ || - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBDzZwzERBADs1JTlOud9116TR8aKUzgu9Kdm4UWmEnTYTIA1bcvnZH24Nm+x cMf48haT0O5OdajhMwy5vccGQn21J1yBBfx7w5Di7D5Bh1BbO+5uz5YhDBxxRJ0y 4kvEYNCyFz8Sfl1jvG5W980Ax3j2UquqnJlNxBgwZnE16/12bSMPxGRZLwCglpEt K/1u7qAfx4gyO91HSw0a3xkD/0m11rWUNj1cBUeGqGEcjDUWInegpxquMsu7W72I /KD8iKzgttz1m6GEVuN15+y0MxiwmIuuAC74d/moebuPYpawXnaTejzwRPsPZyKn JZ+vf5KNfNE/SgweRcrjPfyVHv/pdE+MTCGtQGF3vf3kTSFrBOLTKKnOxPSpmlNS hFPkA/9rUXsdeJMzdCBVfuPqcu63NdTfGoRQ1KD/ATuULGf3z7tOWe2hBlv2DDhv 2JJMGGTr1mMQjUKdd6+/34RmMsZip3d4lS4VCWFWzvXGgkhyrHFY+QIC8i4RHsPF +rbqXTOjeaRspLSXW+thULz2DBWZPTSDANApZMJ94S+IuF0ufbQgSnVsaWFuIE9s aXZlciA8ZGVsaXJlQGRlbGlyZS5jej6IVwQTEQIAFwUCPNnDMQULBwoDBAMVAwID FgIBAheAAAoJEJq3ySAJ5WfrIJ0An3g9+Ea8S/JQu9lIhLW0mdaA0aI2AJ9mXDUn ODUuTtOfjlNt96y+jjpRTLkBDQQ82cMzEAQAqNQ3y2m6Gj25j16L9pWOBXiFBY8y sRGiWc4JBtsSpk7xuAN9F1lq4W6BbznTdJDIAQe6jmQrJTBYwZCbiuBmFL4o+F45 nvYg6fifw291sO7MDyKpJ2I81cH9fz4YqhFLcsYz2tzAWp4w9CjafNIPoWRwli/I PIC+Tf4QeJyunpsAAwUD/jFFokEPg5cbf0R35TQPzDVnbvMjSiWy4EXtBleObPSK BLi+UApjuXeY8296bYvZPKhk2f27YfPfTEkUlInRuyejIUp9xcmwoH9pEhFca8IP Ot6tDSNNbqpY7EjYjbAytaV4n7GdxVQkXItMrJJZoM1Qb9YlgpF546GkCYfk02EW iEUEGBECAAYFAjzZwzMACgkQmrfJIAnlZ+tF1wCY2pbdg12S/mo9Rltc6IUt1VzA mACglLUDtZ/vCMs9NaG4X4Sdf5cxjHI= =Yf7u -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user