Roger (and others who have answered me), thanks for the suggestions. The following is the result.
1) I downloaded and ran snddevices - output below Creating /dev/mixer?... done Creating /dev/sequencer... done Creating /dev/midi?... done Creating /dev/dsp?... done Creating /dev/audio?... done Creating /dev/sndstat... done Creating /dev/music... done Creating /dev/dmmidi?... done Creating /dev/dmfm?... done Creating /dev/amixer?... done Creating /dev/adsp?... done Creating /dev/amidi?... done Creating /dev/admmidi?... done create symbolic link `/dev/mixer' to `/dev/mixer0' create symbolic link `/dev/midi' to `/dev/midi0' create symbolic link `/dev/dsp' to `/dev/dsp0' create symbolic link `/dev/audio' to `/dev/audio0' create symbolic link `/dev/sequencer2' to `/dev/music' create symbolic link `/dev/adsp' to `/dev/adsp0' create symbolic link `/dev/amidi' to `/dev/amidi0' mv: cannot move `/dev/sndstat' to `/dev/1sndstat': Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove `/dev/snd': Is a directory mv: cannot stat `/dev/1sndstat': No such file or directory rm: cannot remove `/dev/snd/controlC0': Operation not permitted rmdir: `/dev/snd': Operation not permitted mknod: `/dev/snd/controlC0': File exists Creating /dev/snd/control?... done Creating /dev/snd/seq... done Creating /dev/snd/timer... done Creating /dev/snd/hw??... done Creating /dev/snd/midi??... done Creating /dev/snd/pcm??p... done Creating /dev/snd/pcm??c... done ALSA loader devices Creating /dev/aload?... done Creating /dev/aloadSEQ... done 2) I re-ran alsaconf and have the following modules.conf as a result: probeall usb-interface usb-uhci # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.3b --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-cs4236 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 options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=81 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-cs4236 snd_index=0 snd_id=CARD_0 snd_port=0x534 snd_cport=0x120 snd_mpu_port=0x300 snd_fm_port=0x388 snd_irq=11 snd_mpu_irq=7 snd_dma1=1 snd_dma1_size=32 snd_dma2=3 snd_dma2_size=32 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- 3) Lsmod shows the following output - Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-pcm-oss 36932 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-pcm 55808 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-timer 9964 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] snd-mixer-oss 9016 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] parport_pc 21672 1 (autoclean) lp 6720 0 (autoclean) parport 23936 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] sg 31276 0 (autoclean) (unused) st 26740 0 (autoclean) (unused) sr_mod 15096 0 (autoclean) (unused) sd_mod 11788 0 (autoclean) (unused) scsi_mod 90372 4 (autoclean) [sg st sr_mod sd_mod] ide-cd 28712 0 (autoclean) cdrom 26848 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod ide-cd] floppy 49340 0 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4348 7 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2844 7 (autoclean) smbfs 34936 7 (autoclean) snd 24804 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mixer-oss] nfsd 66576 0 (autoclean) lockd 46480 0 (autoclean) [nfsd] sunrpc 60188 0 (autoclean) [nfsd lockd] wvlan_cs 23072 1 ds 6828 2 [wvlan_cs] yenta_socket 9728 2 pcmcia_core 42272 0 [wvlan_cs ds yenta_socket] af_packet 13000 1 (autoclean) supermount 14340 1 (autoclean) sound 55732 0 (unused) soundcore 3780 0 [snd sound] usb-uhci 21676 0 (unused) usbcore 58304 1 [usb-uhci] rtc 6560 0 (autoclean) ext3 74004 2 jbd 38452 2 [ext3] 4) dmesg shows the following, relevant parts - -------cut----- Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). devfs_mk_dir(snd): using old entry in dir: c3fd65c0 "" devfs_register(snd/controlC0): could not append to parent, err: -17 smbfs: Unrecognized mount option noexec inserting floppy driver for 2.4.19-16mdk Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: irq 7 detected lp0: using parport0 (polling). Splash status on console 0 changed to off devfs_register(snd/timer): could not append to parent, err: -17 smb_errno: class ERRDOS, code 21 from command 0x32 smb_errno: class ERRDOS, code 21 from command 0x32 ---------cut---------------- 5) play gives the following output sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device 6) aplay gives the following output aplay: main: 447: audio open error: No such device 7) ls -lisa of /dev/dsp* gives the following output 2170 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Jun 18 23:20 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 2134 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 18 23:20 /dev/dsp0 2135 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 Jun 18 23:20 /dev/dsp1 2136 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 35 Jun 18 23:20 /dev/dsp2 2137 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 51 Jun 18 23:20 /dev/dsp3 8) I am unable to compile the alsa-drivers as I have a minimal Mandrake 9.0 distro that I implemented without kernel sources, although I do have the snd-cs4236 and snd-cs4231 drivers on my system. 9) When I rebooted alsa appeared to start ok, it was reported as such by dmesg. Please, please can someone tell me what to do next? TIA, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Koot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] FW: Alsa, Dell CPi 266xt, and missing sound devices > On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 11:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sorry for re-posting but I'm having troubles with the email address (me at fault) :( > > > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wed 18/06/2003 10:27 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: > > Subject: Alsa, Dell CPi 266xt, and missing sound devices > > > > > > > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > please help a man in distress. I have the above system, details below, and problem and don't know how to overcome it. > > > > I have tried to install and configure alsa (using alsaconf) but when I run aplay I get the following error message: > > > > aplay: main: 447: audio open error: no such device > > > > I can't find /dev/snd, so I've obviously done something fundamental wrong. Please advise. > In the alsa-driver package, there is a shellscript named 'snddevices'. > you need to run this script once as root. this script creates all > necessary device files in /dev/snd (and some symbolic links to solve > compatibility problems with existing software) > hope this helps > roger > > > > > Details of the system etc. > > > > Mandrake 9.0 > > Alsa 0.9.0rc2 > > Dell CPi 266xt > > Alsaconf 0.4.3b > > /etc/modules.conf is attached. > > lsmod output is attached also. > > > > Please let me know if you need more information. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jim George > > > > > -- > Roger Koot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! 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