Ichabod said : > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Yeah, it detects: > > ymfpci Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio Controller] (rev 02) > legacy Probe legacy ISA (non-PnP) chips > > When I select <OK> for the first one it does all the configuration stuff and > tells me ALSA is ready to use, but I still get no sound, and programs like > Audacity, Pd, and the GNOME ALSA Mixer don't show any available devices. > --Stefan
sorry i'm not going to be much help i think - am just reporting back the results of some googleing i did on your chip... i think its the ymfpci module needed for this card: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-ymfpci it seems that this module is present on my system at least : r...@puredyne:~/sextet-for-flutes/temp$ locate ymf /lib/modules/2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/kernel/sound/pci/ymfpci /lib/modules/2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/kernel/sound/pci/ymfpci/snd-ymfpci.ko /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/sound/pci/ymfpci /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/sound/pci/ymfpci/snd-ymfpci.ko /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/include/config/snd/ymfpci /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/include/config/snd/ymfpci.h /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/include/config/snd/ymfpci/firmware /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/include/config/snd/ymfpci/firmware/in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/include/config/snd/ymfpci/firmware/in/kernel.h /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/include/sound/ymfpci.h /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/sound/pci/ymfpci /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24.7-rt21-pure-686/sound/pci/ymfpci/Makefile can you do a: lsmod|grep snd and paste the results back here cheers rob > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne -------------- [email protected] rob.goto10.org --------------
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