Re: /dev/sound - device not configured

[Ted Unangst <tedu_(_at_)_stanford_(_dot_)_edu>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Alexander Farber wrote:

> But my question is actually not about the problems
> with that sound chip, because I've disabled it anyway.
>
> My question is if anyone knows what does it mean,
> when KDE says "/dev/sound - device not configured"?
> Because I do have /dev/sound and I thought it is
> coming from the speaker in my kernel -
> http://home.t-online.de/home/Alexander.Farber/OpenBSD/GENERIC.newhope

/dev/sound is just a link to sound0, which is really audio0.  audio0 is
the first real sound card in the computer.  you have, as far as the kernel
is concered, no sound cards.  so audio0 (aka /dev/sound) is not
configured.

the little speaker that makes beeps is not a real audio device.
/dev/sound is not attached to it.

reminder that there are lots of files in /dev that are not likely to be
configured.  i have an st0 and st1 on my laptop, which doesn't have any
tape drives attached to it.  if you don't see "audio0 at" in your dmesg,
/dev/sound is not going to work.



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