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volumefiend
08-01-2003, 02:53 AM
why at startup does aRts ***** about no /dev/dsp if there wasnt one there to begin with? where can i install this /dev/dsp?

thanks.
rid3r
08-01-2003, 03:36 AM
It's most likely the permissions problem.
$ su
# man ls
<q> to quit
# ls -l /dev/dsp
if it says crw-------
# chmod 666 /dev/dsp
It won't hurt if you do the same thing with /dev/mixer
mdwatts
08-01-2003, 06:15 AM
Also a very, very, very popular subject that is asked and answered a few times a day.

You can also search the JL forums for '/dev/dsp' to find other ideas to try such as adding the user to the audio group.
volumefiend
08-01-2003, 02:31 PM
but there is no /dev/dsp. it doesnt exist!
serz
08-01-2003, 02:35 PM
Weird.. what distro are you using?
Hayl
08-01-2003, 02:37 PM
usually if /dev/dsp is missing, it is a good indication that your sound card is not working/set up.

what sound card do you have?
mdwatts
08-01-2003, 03:23 PM
Originally posted by volumefiend
but there is no /dev/dsp. it doesnt exist!

Some of those search results would have included how to create the dsp device as I posted this a couple of days ago.

mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3