From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29379 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 16:55:55 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 16:55:55 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cazfv-00058J-4U for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 16:55:55 +0000 Received: (qmail 10446 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 16:55:37 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 5567 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 16:55:37 +0000 Message-ID: <41B33D87.8030106@cox.net> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 08:55:35 -0800 From: Mike Noble User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041119) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200412051028.44017.mchristoph.eckert@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <200412051028.44017.mchristoph.eckert@t-online.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sound driver X-Archives-Salt: 8b267e24-ec66-42db-94e0-47dd0a6e99e6 X-Archives-Hash: c12fe36593a71971d5e13099bd4f7d62 Christoph Eckert wrote: >>X Informational - artsmessage >> >>Source server information message: >>Error while initialzing the sound driver: >>Device: default can be opened for playback (no such file or >>directory) The sound server will continue, using the null >>output device. > > > Have you ever configured sound? > > If not, as root, do the following: > > * alsaconf > * /etc/init.d/alsasound start > * Log out and back in again: Is there sound? > > If so, do a > > rc-update add boot alsasound > > > Best regards > > > ce > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Also make user that you have the volume turned up with your favorite mixer (I use kmix). By default many times this is turned down. Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list