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Subject: Re: Sound Driver
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On Friday 30 July 2004 06:55, Sandbox Video Productions wrote:
> Starting KDE I always get this message. Then it just
> stalls
>
>
> Sound server informational message:
> Error while ititializing the sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device not
> configured)
> The sound server will continue using the null output device
You need to provide more information. What version of KDE are using? Where's 
your dmesg output?

Run "cat /dev/sndstat" to see if you even have any audio devices listed.

-Alastair