[Eug-lug] esound and devfs?

[Rob Hudson]

On 20040806.1137, Bob Miller said ...

> Rob Hudson wrote:
> 
> > I compiled in DEVFS support into my 2.6 kernel and I'm using Gnome 2.6,
> > which uses esound (esd).  When I try to start up esound, it get an
> > error:
> > /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
> > 
> > I can't create the file like in the old /dev (whatever that was).
> 
> Sorry I missed this message on Sunday.
> 
> Check that you've enabled the alsasound startup script.
> 
> 	# rc-update show | grep alsa
> 	# rc-update add alsasound default
> 
> If you're using a 2.6 kernel, you should be using ALSA.

I'll have to check when I get home but I think I chose OSS.

Thanks,
Rob