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From: Arvind Sankar <arvinds@mit.edu>
To: warren hm 2 <ubw@iol.it>
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Subject: Re: alsa drivers (for yamaha opl3 sa2)
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On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 05:48:42PM +0100, warren hm 2 wrote:
> unfortunately, the last line of that script does 
> 
> ln -sfv /proc/asound/dev /dev/snd
> 
> while there is no /proc/asound directory neither a /proc/asound/dev file to
> be softlinked to /dev/snd
> 
> thus, i have no mean, at the moment, to make my box speaking to me and
> friends wishing to leave windoze and join linuz :((
> 
> may u kindly give just a hint on how to proceed?

Edit /etc/conf.modules and load the driver using modprobe. The /proc/asound
directory will exist as long as the driver is loaded.

-- arvind

