Re: /dev/dsp

From: Andreas Janssen (andreas.janssen_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 07/19/04

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:07:38 +0200

    Hello

    Wayne Ward (<infotechsys@pivot.net>) wrote:

    > I have installed debian from (CD) Steve Hunger's
    > book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" and I'm now
    > trying to get GNOME up and running. When
    > I enter the command to start GNOME i get
    > the error that "/dev/dsp No such device".
    > This distribution is with potato and
    > Linux 2.2r2. The book is copyrighted 2001.
    > From what I can make out is that this has
    > something to do with sound, which I don't
    > have.How can I fix this?

    Load the driver for your card. If it is a PCI card, use lspci to find
    out what card you have. Go to groups.google.com and enter some
    information on your card to find out which driver you need. You can
    load it with modprobe, and add it to /etc/modules to make sure it is
    loaded at boot time.

    However, if you want to really use this system on a desktop computer,
    you probably want to upgrade to the current stable version of Debian
    (3.0r2 "Woody"). The software in Potato is really ancient, and there is
    no support from the Debian security team for Potato anymore. If you
    have a fast internet connection, you can upgrade your current system
    over the net. Check the Docs section on debian.org.

    best regards
            Andreas Janssen 

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