--- Mrinal Kalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Swapan Sarkar typed:
> > Has anybody tried ALSA with DEVFS ? I have been
> able
> > to load the modules but XMMS is not able to access
> > /dev/audio The documentation is unclear about
> details.
> > #cat /proc/asound/sndstat shows AUDIO and SYNTH is
> not
> > enabled in config. Has anybody been successful
> with
> > this setup.
> > Kernel ver = 2.4.2
> > Mandrake 7.0
>
> Yes, I use ALSA with devfs on kernel 2.4.2. I hope
> you've compiled
> ALSA with support for your card and OSS emulation,
> and that it has
> found the right path to your kernel 2.4.2 sources.
>
> These are the lines I've added to
> /etc/devfs/devfsd.conf (path may be
> different):
>
> LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd
> REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
> REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
>
> I also had errors in the beginning before I realised
> there was no group
> called audio, so make sure that's there.
>
> Also, try modprobe snd-pcm-oss (and snd-mixer-oss)
> and then see if
> /dev/audio, /dev/dsp etc are there.
>
> Best of luck.. :-)
Thanks a bunch, "#modprobe snd-*-oss" was the trick. I
donot know why it did not load snd-pcm-oss and
snd-mixer-oss at boot time although I had set an alias
in modules.conf file. The alsa INSTALL document was
vague about it in DEVFS section. Anyhow now it is
working like a charm.
-swapan
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