[ltp] X60s: Sound gone after FC5 yum update

[Richard Neill]

Do you have /dev/dsp?
If so,
  cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp
  should make a noise. Then you need to fix KDE.
Else
  do you have the right sound module loaded?

Richard



Atul Chitnis wrote:
> I just did a monster yum update on the machine, with almost 1.2 GB of 
> packages getting updated/replaced.
> 
> Before I started, I was listening to music no problems at all.
> 
> After the update, no more sound, kde sound server comes up saying it 
> cannot initialise the sound driver.
> 
> FC5 on a X60s. Current kernel version 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp. Going back 
> to previous kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp doesnt help either.
> 
> Help!
> 
> Atul
>