Ichabod said : > Hi, I was running the pure:dyne live CD on a 9-year-old laptop. It works > pretty great, except there's no sound (and I know the laptop has sound). So I > read the FAQ and typed alsamixer in the terminal. I get this error: > > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or > directory > > > What can I do to fix this? Thanks!
do you have a file called /dev/dsp ? If yes, can you open a terminal and type the following: sudo su cat /dev/mem > /dev/dsp if it makes no sound, or if you don't have this file, let us know. > > --Stefan > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
