On 05/06/04 14:30 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian said ...
> 
> L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > I have installed sarge debian in my home  pc and dell inspiron with
> > i810 module.  I wanted to use alsa. Hence I added skip i810_audio in
> > /etc/discover. Though now I don't get   i810_audio and all alsa

I would suggest that you use discover only once after installation and
then load the required modules via /etc/modules or /etc/modules-2.6.  It
is not like you'll change hardware on the machine every other day :)

> > modules are loaded, I get error notice when I login to kde.
> > Sound server informational message:
> > Error while initializing the sound driver:
> > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied)

Are you (the user running KDE) in the audio group?  And what are the
permissions on the /dev/dsp file?

> do an lsmod
> 
> look for snd_pcm_oss and snd_mixer_oss that control the /dev/dsp
> 
> see if the i810 driver is actually loaded

Which is snd-intel8x0 for i810.

Giridhar

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