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

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