Problem: Sound and /dev/dsp on 3.2

[Stephen]

I recently installed Knoppix 3.2 on the hard disk of Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop, replacing version 3.1. Now I am unable to play audio cd's or us xmms. On booting I get the info that "device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device) The sound server will continue using null device".

Can anyone help me on this? Is there any link that can be added to /dev/dsp to fix the problem?

gfrick

Make sure you are a member of the audio group (type groups in console window)
and that you have read-write permission ls -la /dev/dsp to check. To add your self to group adduser < username > audio to make the device read-write for users chmod +urw /dev/dsp both these as root in a console.
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You have to log out and back in for the group addition to take effect.
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