On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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.
>
> Thanks.  When I try that it tells me "cat: write error: No space left on
device"...

--Stefan
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