[Asterisk-Users] Cannot open /dev/dsp

steve szmidt steve at szmidt.org
Thu Nov 25 07:04:06 MST 2004


On Thursday 25 November 2004 12:08 am, Norman Zhang wrote:
> >> Cannot open /dev/dsp: file or directory not found
> >
> > That means you probably don't have a soundcard configured. I don't have
> > one in my test box either, but that doesn't prohibit asterisk from
> > starting up. it just means you can't do certain things from the CLI.
>
> You are right. I don't have a sound card in this box. It's suppose to be
> PBX. ALSA is started though.
>
> > Try starting up asterisk in verbose mode, a-la:
> >
> > asterisk -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvc
>
> Are all those v's for real?

Asterisk supports 9 levels of verbosity.

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Steve Szmidt

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