We lost sound on all hosts when I built custom 2.4 kernels for Slackware-10.2 and I did not realize that ALSA is not normally included with the kernel series. Anyway, I built a custom 2.6 kernel on my notebook (now running Slackware-11.0) and am trying to get sound running there first. The knowledge I gain will help me with the other portable and my main server/workstation. Working my way down the troubleshooting page on the Wiki, I tried running alsamixer (as root and as a user), only to see: alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device So, I ran the snddevices script and it generated all sorts of entries in /dev/snd. However, alsamixer still produces the same failure message. The wiki page assumes that running the snddevices script cures that problem and does not provide guidance when it doesn't. What should I try now? Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Accelerator(TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
