Try checking the permissions on /dev/dsp. It may be as simple as not having write access to the special file. Back when I used a VooDoo3 card, the /dev/3dfx driver needed to have the permissions set differently in order for non-root users to access it. Sounds like a similar problem.
Hope this helps. Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas wrote: > > I upgraded my laptop to SuSE 8.0 Professional from 7.3 Professional > (the laptop is a Sony Vaio PCG-FX140 with 700 MHz Pentium III with > speedstep and i upgraded it to 512 MB of RAM and 30 GB hard disk, 7.5 > of which is the Linux partition). When I sign into my KDE 3 account, > I get (during KDE initialization) a message saying that the resource > /dev/dsp is not available or busy, so the sound server will send the > output to null. > > Oddly enough, if I log in my root account (without rebooting) and > issue a rcalsasound restart to restart the sound server, sound works > like a charm, even better than Windows, but I get back to square one > if I reboot! Now, I know that all paradoxical phenomena are not > really paradoxes but they look such because the observer misses a key > piece of information. Not being a *nix guru, I have to consult the > experts in a board like this. What does /dev/dsp do, anyway? > At a first glance, the /proc/ files do not reveal anything suspicious, > at least not to me. > > My naive understanding is that services that get initialized trample > upon sound module resources and create a conflict (in fact, I hear a > click from the speakers after some services are initialized at > startup, well after I see the message about the sound server > initialization flashing by). Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > CF > PS. I also upgraded my aging 200 MHz MMX desktop to the same version > and I have no problems with sound (SB16 Vibra card) whatsoever. > ***************************************************************** To > unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** -- ++------------------------++---------------------------------------++ || Todd Littlefield || Aprisma SPECTRUM Apps || || Aprisma Mgmt. Tech. || - Solutions Team || || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || - C, C++, Perl || || (603) 334-2593 || - HTML, CGI, Java || ++------------------------++---------------------------------------++ ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
