[arch-general] Alsa/Pulse not using sound cards?

[David Rosenstrauch]

On 08/09/2011 02:58 PM, Nikhil Bysani wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system's sound is no longer is working.
>
> No, it's not muted, the sound modules are loaded, and there
> are pcm's in /dev/snd but no /dev/dsp.  Also, while alsamixer
> does show the sound cards, it is only using the null device, and
> pulse audo doesn't see the sound cards either.  Anyone know why
> alsa might not be using the soudn cards?

Have you loaded the snd-pcm-oss module too?

DR