Thanks so much for all the help! You are all so fantastic with my little troubles.
here is the new info: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. under my local user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] todd]$ ls -la /dev/dsp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 3 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/dsp0 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 19 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/dsp1 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 35 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/dsp2 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 51 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/dsp3 crw------- 1 todd root 55, 0 Apr 11 2002 /dev/dsp56k [EMAIL PROTECTED] todd]$ ls -la /dev/mixer* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/mixer -> /dev/mixer0 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 0 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/mixer0 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 16 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/mixer1 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 32 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/mixer2 crw------- 1 todd root 14, 48 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/mixer3 under 'su-' [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -lah /dev/dsp lrwxrwxrwx >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Richard Stevens wrote: > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 03:01:45 +0100 > From: Richard Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: alsa-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] Installation Troubles > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi again, > > On Monday 03 March 2003 02:44, tod wrote: > > Ok here is what I got from those commands: > > > > ps ax, then 'grep devfsd' sets the computer looking but it never gets > > anything & I have to close the shell. > > uhm, CTRL + C should have done the trick. You seem to have issued two seperate > commands here. That won't work because grep will read from standard input and > if you don't type anything there is nothing to grep. Those two commands were > supposed to be piped together ( | - symbol). Try copying the whole thing "ps > ax | grep devfsd" into a shell). It seems though, you don't have a devfs > based system. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] todd]# ls -lah /dev/dsp > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/dsp -> > > /dev/dsp0 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] todd]# ls -lah /dev/mixer > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 1 20:31 /dev/mixer -> > > /dev/mixer0 > > ok, those two are symlinks. Are you trying to use sound as root? Then you > shouldn't have any permission problems anyways, otherwise please provide the > output of: > > ls -la /dev/dsp* > > and > > ls -la /dev/mixer* > > Did you log in as root directly or did you su to root? If you used su, did you > only do a "su" or did you do "su -"? If you only did a su, /sbin and > /usr/sbin are probably not in your PATH. Either "su -" to root or try > > /sbin/lsmod > > or > > /usr/sbin/lsmod > > lsmod should be there somewhere. > > Your /etc/modules.conf or at least the alsa related stuff in there is also > needed. > > Thanks, > > Richard > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+YreJWQvEMJfcXlQRAiE8AJ0bkt6mmKCFTVnLpR6tyw+u3N8rDwCfVQNY > ILxwAk9L/D3Q3gYTI7NEWDI= > =pXq/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user