Mandrake 8.1 and alsa (and maybe devfs)

Tue Mar 5 00:38:51 CST 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Bellamy [mailto:Marvin.Bellamy at innovision.com]

> I'm trying to get sound configured (integrated ESS Solo-1) 
> with the ALSA modules.  I've had to figure this out 3 different ways (2
distros, 2 
> versions of Slackware).  Now, it looks like I've discovered a 4th.  I 
> noticed that the symbolic link /dev/snd is broken.  

I think all of the /dev audio device files are in /dev/sound, while most of
Gnome (fer instance) seems to expect them to be in /dev.  I can create
symlinks, but they are destroyed at reboot.  Not sure what, if anything, the
answer is.  Sound in KDE seems to work pretty well without handstands.