Art Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hi: I am unable to play any Music Cd as my VIA882A sound crad is not recognized. When the initial desktop appears upon boot up I get a message stating /dev/dsp could not be created using null configuration, As a result none of teh CD players play any CD. Also. /dev is write protected for me to create a file called dsp. When I do troubleshooting with from HardDrake I get that a message from one of the tests that Sound Card is not being used. How can I fix it. the default sound card driver snd_VIA882 Thanks Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I think the correct error is that the soundcard is being used. :). Log in as root and type fuser -v /dev/dsp. That will show what application is keeping the sound card occupied. (my guess would be kmix (in the systray)). Kill the offending app and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hi: The mixer is not there. In the system tray the Speaker Icon is crossed. When asked for details the message is that /dev/mixer does not exist, YOu Kernel might not have sound support. I tried as root, there are no files called /dev/dsp & /dev/mixer. In the intial boot up, I get ALSA initiated, setting up Mixer. /root/tmp/asound_tmp file/folder does not exist. I installed Mandrake on another computer, it does not have this problem, although Mandrake 10 community the CD player does nothing much more than ask me to buy that software. I had to install xmms from the DVD to get CD audio working. Knoppix Live CD plays the CD from my DVD writer. I guess problem must have started as I had this main board VIA audio and Digigram PLX82 Sound card. I removed Digigram PLX sound card, and only using on baord audio. Do you recommend that I install it all over again? Thanks Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 That's not neccesary. Go to the MCC, and configure the souncard again. This time with all apllications closed. (and that really means closing kmix (rightclick, close)). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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