Ichabod said : > 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"...
mmm that's because the file did not exist... can you try to run alsaconf as root and see if it detects any cards? a. > > --Stefan > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
