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Subject: Re: /dev/dsp disappearing
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Andrew Thomson <ajthomson@optushome.com.au> writes:

> anyone else noticed /dev/dsp just disappearing..
> 
> i switched to esound in an effort to alleviate this problem.. however it
> still pops up after a number of days of uptime.. only cured by reboot.

There have been a number of changes in the device detection code since
the version you're running; it's likely that this behaviour has
changed.  If not, you may need to go to the -CURRENT list.