no, unfortunately that was never mentioned. some on the list assumed that i must be running devfs because the symptoms are similar.
however i am not and haven't been running devfs with or without devfsd for several months. now, even with a comprehensive elimination from several users, there is still no explanation why alsa won't 'stick' on my machine. FYI i know a very experienced linux audio developer who uses the same card [ maestro3 ]. while he has had different symptoms, they have been severe enough that he cannot use alsa. thanks for your time, de/ at approximately Mon, 04 Nov 2002 06:16:00 +0100, the X-mailer used by Adam Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested that "yam9073.18.122272304@proserpine" is somehow related to: > | On 03-Nov-02, de|ire wrote: > | > | > unfortunately in my case /proc/asound exists but /dev/snd does not. > | > this means i have to create it every time i restart due to it > | > the strange phenomenon of them disappearing on reboot. > | > | Out of interest (and as a desperate guess), did I read correctly a while > | back that you said you're running devfsd, even though you're not using > | devfs? If so, that could well be the problem... > | -- > | Adam Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED])(http://www.yggdrasl.demon.co.uk/) > | .oO("{insert penis joke here}" ) > | PGP public key: http://www.yggdrasl.demon.co.uk/pubkey.asc > | > | > | > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in > | Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be > | fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > | _______________________________________________ > | Alsa-user mailing list > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > | > | -- , 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: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user