[gentoo-amd64] OSS modules not loaded

[Raj Swaminathan]

Hi,

I am having some problems with sound. I followed the ALSA guide and used alsa-driver. I am able to hear songs on mplayer, however i dont hear startup sounds nor can i get skype to work.

Output of lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_seq                56672  0
nvidia               4855536  14
snd_intel8x0           34088  1
snd_ac97_codec        105432  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            4480  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                88776  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              23752  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    50448  7 snd_seq,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         11856  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ndiswrapper           206304  0

Output of cat /etc/modules.d/alsa

alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0

Basic dmix works

alsaplayer -o alsa -d plug:dmix some.mp3 &
$ aplay -D plug:dmix some.wav &
$ alsaplayer -o alsa -d plug:dmix some.mp3 &

So does this
 aoss mpg321 some.mp3,

When i make a skype call .. i get the following messages on the console

volume_open: error opening /dev/mixer: No such file or directory
volume_open: error opening /dev/mixer: No such file or directory
volume_open: error opening /dev/mixer: No such file or directory
/dev/dsp-1: No such file or directory