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From: Yuan Jue <yuanjue122@gmail.com>
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To: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:05:07 +0800
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Subject: Re: KDE /dev/dsp can't be opened
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you should load the sound kernel first. Go to /boot/loader.conf, add the two 
lines as follow:
sound_load="YES"
sound_ich_load="YES"

then the sound card should work for you. Good luck!

On Monday 10 October 2005 19:58, Frank Bonnet wrote:
> Hello list
>
> I freshly installed a HP XW 4200 5.4-R + KDE and I have problem
> with sound device here is the error message.
>
> Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>
> Is there some tools to check what happen ?
-- 
Best Regards.

Yuan Jue