KDE is configured to use "Autodetect" for the Sound I/O method. You can go into the KDE Control Center GUI | Index | Sound | Sound Server | Sound I/O and select "No audio input/output". This should prevent the error message from being generated at KDE login.
HTH, Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: Janyne Kizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Question about "modprobe: modprobe: Can't > locatemodulesound-slot-0" > > > Sorry but I have a follow-up question here. I installed another linux > box on the same hardware (Dell 2400). This second box also > has no sound > card. I forgot that when we installed the alpha test server, > we got the > following errors in KDE: > > Sound server informational message: > Error while initializing sound driver: > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device) > The sound server will continue, using the null output device > [checkbox] Do not show this message again > > This error comes up for every user until they check the box. This > occurs even with the alias modules.conf modified to include > > alias sound-slot-0 off > alias sound-service-0-3 off > > Janyne Kizer wrote: > > > > Nope, nothing sound or audio like in /etc/rd.d/init.d. > > > > I want to make the server shut up about it (not that it's > making much > > noise without a soundcard <VBG>) but I want do do it in the > "right" way > > too. My predecessor was rolling out some Windows servers > and said "it's > > normal for them to have errors on startup." Not a good > answer -- even > > for Windows. I don't want to paint myself into the same > corner when I > > start making these Linux servers "live." :-) > > > > "Andrew C. Oliver" wrote: > > > > > > > /etc/modules.conf > > > > > > > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > > > > alias eth0 eepro100 > > > > alias eth1 eepro100 > > > > alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx > > > > alias scsi_hostadapter aacraid > > > > alias scsi_hostadapter1 aic7xxx > > > > > > do: > > > ll /etc/rc.d/init.d/*sound* > > > grep -Hi sound /etc/rc.d/init.d/* > > > > > > anything there? > > > > > > -- > > > www.superlinksoftware.com > > > www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java > > > > http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html > > > - fix java generics! > > > > > > The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the > pebbles to > > > vote. > > > -Ambassador Kosh > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TriLUG mailing list > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > -- > > > > Janyne Kizer > > CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5 > > Systems Programmer Administrator I > > NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences > > Extension and Administrative Technology Services > > Phone: (919) 515-3609 > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > -- > > Janyne Kizer > CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5 > Systems Programmer Administrator I > NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences > Extension and Administrative Technology Services > Phone: (919) 515-3609 > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >
