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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: /dev/dsp open failure
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:25:15 +0200
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To: Appalayagari Sreedhar <sreecha01@gmail.com>
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Appalayagari Sreedhar wrote:
> when i try to open the device using /dev/dsp i am getting the -ve value.

The what?

> after doing aplay i am able to open the device using the /dev/dsp.

So probably the sound driver module or the snd-pcm-oss module is not
loaded?


Regards,
Clemens