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

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