Ubuntu 10.10 bug w AC97 sound card

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:12:06 -0500, johnstark wrote:

> I brought that up elsewhere too, and it doesn't. /dev/snd exists though,
> but no /dev/audio
> 
> John
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jordon Bedwell" <jordon at envygeeks.com> To:
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 6:58 PM Subject: Re: Ubuntu 10.10 bug w
> AC97 sound card
> 
> 
>>> On 11/09/2010 05:19 PM, johnstark wrote: No, there were no errors
>>> during the make. And yes, I did do a restart. I have done numerous
>>> restarts, and even tried to do the whole process over 4 times from
>>> scratch. I'm catching on fast with this stuff at this rate. I tried
>>> another program too, it has the same issue , but yet when I test the
>>> system the sound works fine....I'm confused!  Seems the card is hiding
>>> from these programs but not the system.
>>
>> Make sure /dev/audio exists.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dev-audio-dev-dsp-and-dev-mixer-missing-in-debian-etch-544920/
might help.

Try from the CLI: sudo modprobe snd-pcm-oss . It takes care of the
compatibility with the old OSS soundsystem.

Good luck!

    -Frans