 | | | kernel 2.6 and /dev/sound/mixer not found | kernel 2.6 and /dev/sound/mixer not found 2003-12-21 - By Pavel Rosenboim
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Francisco Figueiredo Jr. wrote:
> Pavel Rosenboim wrote:
> > Francisco Figueiredo Jr. wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have been using kernel 2.6 from arjan rpms site sice 2.6-test4 and
> > > they work great! thanks arjan.
> > >
> > >
> > > Up to kernel 2.6 test7, sound was working ok with no errors. Some time
> > > later, I updated to test11 and now to final 2.6.0-1.104 and I 'm now
> > > getting on my volume control:
> > >
> > > "Couldn 't open mixer device /dev/sound/mixer "
> > >
> >
> > Somewhere around test8, they changed the way kernel refers to character
> > devices. Previously kernel tried to load char-major-xx, but now it tries
> > char-major-xx-yy (where xx is a major device number and yy is minor
> > number).
> >
> > You should change in /etc/modprobe.conf line
> >
> > alias char-major-14 <something >
> > to
> > alias char-major-14-* <something >
> >
> > to make it work.
> >
>
>
> Thanks very much!
> It worked like a charm :)
>
> Just a little question: how did you know this? do you work with kernel,
> or did you read somewhere else? I 'd like to know so I can check if I get
> some other problems.
Mostly, examining the /var/log/messages. I noticed some messages about
kernel not being able to load modules char-major-xx-yy.
Pavel.
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