Re: Esound & /dev/dsp

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 02:14, M=A7K wrote:=20
> =20
> >> when I try to run esd I get '/dev/dsp: no such device' even if all
> >> permissions are set properly (it gives the same output if ran as root)=
.
> >=20
> > 'No such device' means there's no hardware or no driver for it. Probabl=
y
> > the latter in your case. :)
>=20
> How silly of me! :D
> Just modprobed dmasound_paula and everything went ok
> BTW, in LPPC 1999 Q3 I had an X interface for linuxconf which allowed me =
to
> select which daemons run at startup.
> Can I do it without this Xlinuxconf (I can't find the correct menu entry =
and
> I'd like to have esd ran on startup)?

To get the module loaded on startup, put its name into /etc/modules. To
get it loaded automatically whenever it's needed, put the lines

alias		sound-slot-0		dmasound_paula
alias		sound-service-0-0	dmasound_paula

in a file in /etc/modutils/ (e.g. /etc/modutils/sound) and run
update-modules.


> PS: Today I saw a magazine sold with Yellow Dog 2.2. Is it worth a try?

If you're not satisfied with what you have, why not?


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast