[mythtv-users] It half works!

[Bruce Markey]

Alex Davidson wrote:
...
> alsactl -f /etc/asound.state store
> which gave me an error:
> alsactl: save_state:1050: No soundcards found...
...
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
...

looks like your ALSA drivers may not be loading correctly.

"lsmod" should show stuff like this:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss            39044   0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss          13720   0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
r128                   80888   1
snd-seq-midi            4096   0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      3336   0 [snd-seq-midi]
snd-seq                37648   0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-ens1371            11564   0
snd-pcm                59712   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1371]
snd-timer              14824   0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc          5116   0 [snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi            14016   0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart snd-ens1371]
snd-seq-device          4368   0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec         36864   0 [snd-ens1371]
snd                    30756   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi 
snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-mpu401-uart snd-ens1371 snd-pcm snd-timer 
snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore               3844  11 [snd]

If not try running this as root:

     /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start

Resolve any errors it reports. When it succeeds, "lsmod"
will show all the "snd-" stuff.

--  bjm