Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> Have installed Sarge and am getting an error >> messege. >> Error initializing sound server device /dev/dsp can't be >> opened(no such device)sound driver will continue, using >> the null output. >> Is this a device i can download and install maybe with >> aptget? > > You need to load the driver for your sound card. If you use Kernel 2.6, > installing discover and/or hotplug can probably do that. You can also > load it at boot time by adding the module name to /etc/modules. To do > that, you have of course to find out which driver you need. Use lspci > and a search engine to find out. If you want to use the alsa drivers, > install the alsa-base package and run alsaconfig. After loading the > driver, make sure you are in the audio group.
Most Alsa-divers are already in the Kernel, I know for the Sound-blaster Live 5.1 I am using I could pick it when I compiled the kernel. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > LinuxUser aka Josef Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- registered-linux-user # 134.818 at http://counter.li.org The box said Windows, NT or better, so I installed Linux :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
