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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Sound... a known method to track down problems
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:52:15
Message-Id: 877j7eune7.fsf@newsguy.com
1 Sorry to just blurt right out with this... I'm in need of sound on my
2 unix box and kind of quickly. I never even configure sound or want it
3 as a rule but now I need it to test some recording equipment on a
4 second winxp computer with m-audio delta-66 installed.
5
6 I get this message when starting kde. I just ignore it normally but I
7 guess it is telling me something usefull for getting sound up:
8
9 Sound server informational message:
10 Error while initializing the sound driver:
11 device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
12 The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
13
14 This is an Asus K8V mobo with soundmax built in.
15
16 Further info:
17 Attempting to `play' a *.wav file:
18 reader > play sonny_boy2a/TooCloseTogether_SonnyBoyWilliamson2.wav
19 ALSA lib confmisc.c:672:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
20 ALSA lib conf.c:3491:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
21 ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
22 ALSA lib conf.c:3491:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
23 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1072:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
24 ALSA lib conf.c:3491:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
25 ALSA lib conf.c:3960:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
26 ALSA lib pcm.c:2107:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
27 sox: Failed writing default: cannot open audio device
28
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Sound... a known method to track down problems Alexander Puchmayr <alexander.puchmayr@×××××××.at>
Re: [gentoo-user] Sound... a known method to track down problems Christoph Eckert <ce@×××××××××.de>
[gentoo-user] Re: Sound... a known method to track down problems Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>