I am having trouble with sound. I have onboard Via Technologies
VT82C686
Apollo Super. After I loaded Slack 10 I got into alsamixer but upon
reboot I lost all my settings. Now I cannot even get alsa mixer to
come up "gettalsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No
such device"

And now coming into KDE I get the error "Error while initializing the
sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device)" in a
dialog.

Please help!

Thank you in advance,
Rory Jakes
roryjakes@yahoo.com

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:25:35 -0700, Rory Jakes wrote:

> I am having trouble with sound. I have onboard Via Technologies
> VT82C686
> Apollo Super. After I loaded Slack 10 I got into alsamixer but upon
> reboot I lost all my settings. Now I cannot even get alsa mixer to
> come up "gettalsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No
> such device"
>
> And now coming into KDE I get the error "Error while initializing the
> sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device)" in a
> dialog.

Have you considered rebuilding your kernel with OSS support, instead of
alsa? The OSS drivers usually do the right thing, in a simple,
straightforward way - unlike the alsa monstrosity, which is a guaranteed
source of trouble, even when it works.

Henry Samuelson wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:25:35 -0700, Rory Jakes wrote:
>
>
>>I am having trouble with sound. I have onboard Via Technologies
>>VT82C686
>>Apollo Super. After I loaded Slack 10 I got into alsamixer but upon
>>reboot I lost all my settings. Now I cannot even get alsa mixer to
>>come up "gettalsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No
>>such device"
>>
>>And now coming into KDE I get the error "Error while initializing the
>>sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device)" in a
>>dialog.
>
>
> Have you considered rebuilding your kernel with OSS support, instead of
> alsa? The OSS drivers usually do the right thing, in a simple,
> straightforward way - unlike the alsa monstrosity, which is a guaranteed
> source of trouble, even when it works.
>
OSS = bad
ALSA = good

Try running "alsaconfig" to detect and configure your sound card;
then run "alsamixer" to set the volumes to your liking;
then run "alsactl store" to make your configuration permanent (it will
survive a reboot)

Cheers, Eric

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:39:21 +0200, Eric Hameleers wrote:

> OSS = bad
> ALSA = good

OSS = bad, but usually works.
ALSA = good, but seldom works.

Eric Hameleers wrote:

>>>VT82C686

> OSS = bad
> ALSA = good
>
> Try running "alsaconfig" to detect and configure your sound card;
> then run "alsamixer" to set the volumes to your liking;
> then run "alsactl store" to make your configuration permanent (it will
> survive a reboot)

The OP has a VT82C686. Alsa does not work with that chip. (it can be made
to work in playback, but not for recording).

Neil

Henry Samuelson wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:39:21 +0200, Eric Hameleers wrote:
>
>> OSS = bad
>> ALSA = good
>
> OSS = bad, but usually works.
> ALSA = good, but seldom works.

Ho Hum.

How does a good old "alsaconf" look?

Rory Jakes wrote:
> I am having trouble with sound. I have onboard Via Technologies
> VT82C686
> Apollo Super. After I loaded Slack 10 I got into alsamixer but upon
> reboot I lost all my settings. Now I cannot even get alsa mixer to
> come up "gettalsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No
> such device"
>
> And now coming into KDE I get the error "Error while initializing the
> sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device)" in a
> dialog.
>
> Please help!
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Rory Jakes
> roryjakes@yahoo.com
have you tried to compile the intel 810 sound chip set in the alsa part
of the kernel setup that will compile the ac97 drivers which will work

On 2004-07-24, Davisons Trull <Darl@McBride.com> wrote:
> Henry Samuelson wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:39:21 +0200, Eric Hameleers wrote:
>>
>>> OSS = bad
>>> ALSA = good
>>
>> OSS = bad, but usually works.
>> ALSA = good, but seldom works.
>
> Ho Hum.
>
> How does a good old "alsaconf" look?

http://www.alsa-project.org/
Is a good start.

/Jens
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