crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 Jun 30 12:17 /dev/dsp1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 35 Jun 30 12:17 /dev/dsp2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 51 Jun 30 12:17 /dev/dsp3
You might have to restart X for the changes to take place within X, though
they should work immediately on the console.
This was all it took for me. If you’re still at a loss, you need more help than
I can give sound-wise — good luck!
5 Rerolling your Kernel
Avoid this.
Even if you don’t avoid it, before you attempt to re-install a kernel you
rolled, read the manpages on the following:
• lilo
• install-mbr
• modprobe, insmod, lsmod
and check out the content of /proc/filesystems (to see what filesystems you’re
supporting in your current kernel).
To see what’s in your current kernel, look at your config file, which lives in
/boot. It’ll be /boot/config-‘uname -r‘.
And again, I urge you not to recompile. Maybe you know more about this
stuff than I do (which is likely), but you want to know a lot more than I do
before you do it.
Which is weird, because all my other kernel rerollings and installations in
debian — on desktop systems without other OS partitions — have gone really
smoothly.
Whatever. Let the buyer beware, and know what you’re getting into. But
more power to you.
6 If You Decide to Reinstall ...
During this frustrating endeavor, I twice had screwed up my install so far that
I decided it would be simpler to scrap what I had and to reinstall the whole
shebang than to try and fix what I currently had. I think this was a good call
both times, and it felt easier the second and third times around — what had
taken me a day or two now took me an hour or two.
6.1 Trashing It
I made the mistake both times of forgetting to back up parts of my system. If you
reinstall, back up your homedir and /etc. The homedir, because if you’ve
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