Check if you *have* a /dev/sndstat, teh module might be loaded with no device to work with. If not, then (as root) cd /dev, ./MAKEDEV audio
--dave On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Jaron Abbott wrote: > I finally got my net connection up and running, and am most impressed > at how easy it is to install new software using dselect! My GUI and > soundcard, however, are still not working quite right. > > I have a SoundBlaster PCI128. I recompiled the kernel with the es1370 > driver, which is supposed to work. After rebooting, I tried the > command "more /dev/sndstat", and it said "/dev/sndstat: No such device." > According to the Sound-HOWTO, this means that the module hasn't been > loaded. This seems quite unnecessary to me, as I compiled the driver > right into the kernel. And besides, my card <I>is</I> able to produce > sound. > > Now, when I started X (I'm using gnome and enlightenment), it gave many > errors. I eventually figured out that when I ran "esd" as root, that > most of these errors went away. However, I can only run this command > as root. There is a CD-ROM player that came with the KDE packages that > I downloaded. When I tried playing a CD, it complained that /dev/cdrom > did not exist. After symlinking cdrom to hdd, and chmoding it 666, > this problem went away, but the sound is extremely quiet. Even with > the volume at 100% on the CD-player, I can hardly hear it (the same > holds when I splay MP3s). There is also some sort of problem with the > gnome-name-service. Anybody have any ideas? > > Thanks! > > Here's my .xsession: > exec gnome-session > > And here's the .xsession-errors: > xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 > xscreensaver disabling server builtin screensaver. > xscreensaver: you can re-enable it with "xset s on". > subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for > device > > ** WARNING **: Could not get name service! > > ** ERROR **: file goad.c: line 606 (real_goad_server_activate): > assertion failed: (name_service != CORBA_OBJECT_NIL) > aborting... > rm: cannot remove `/home/jaron/.gnome//gmc-iXVjVx': No such file or > directory > > I tried making my .xsession as follows: > gnome-name-service & > exec gnome-session > > And here's what happened in the .xsession-errors: > > IOR:014f1c402800000049444c3a6f6d672e6f72672f436f734e616d696e672f4e616d696e67436f6e746578743a312e300002000000caaedfba4000000001010000290000002f746d702f6f726269742d6a61726f6e2f6f72622d31373231383336323936343234373236353030000300000800000000000000010000000000000038000000010100002200000043523737393832382d412e6c6e646e312e6f6e2e776176652e686f6d652e636f6d001009080000000000000001000000 > xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 > xscreensaver disabling server builtin screensaver. > xscreensaver: you can re-enable it with "xset s on". > subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for > device > rm: cannot remove `/home/jaron/.gnome//gmc-VEe1cr': No such file or > directory > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
