[ale] udev doesn't create device (no sound)

[Jim Philips]

On Wednesday 27 July 2005 10:54 am, Marvin the Martian wrote:
> Jim Philips wrote:
> >I'm running Slackware current with KDE 3.4.1. I can't start artsd, because
> >when I try, I get this error:
> >
> >Error while initializing the sound driver:
> >device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
> >
> >The rules for udev appear to have a rule for creating the device here:
> >
> >KERNEL="dsp",                   NAME="sound/%k", SYMLINK="%k",
> > GROUP="audio", MODE="0662"
> >
> >But nothing id getting created at all, so I have no sound devices and
> >therefore no sound. Is there any help on dealing with this? I googled all
> >over the place and came up with a hodgepodge of answers that don't relate
> > to ny system at all.
>
> Usually, running alsaconf will find your soundcard and create the
> device(s) you need automagically.   Have you done this?


Oh...about a dozen times. But I don't think that does anything to trigger 
device creation by udev. And it hasn't changed anything at all.