Nick | 4 Jul 14:06

Solaris 10 u7 Problems

I have just installed Solaris 10 u7 onto a fairly generic PC and have two problems I wonder if someone could
help me solve.

1)  Patch 121431-38 doesn't install and tells me to read the README and to do it manually.  I can only find
121431-38.jar and not a README file.  Do I need this patch (I am running ZFS root) and, if so, how do I install
it.  I read the info at SunSolve about it but am no further enlightened.

2) oss sound.  No sound "out of the box" so I downloaded and installed the OpenSOurce oss driver and it plays
music when I run osstest but the little speaker icon at bottom-right still has a red line through it and
claims it cannot open mixer device /dev/audioctl.  Do I need to link something to something?  All
oss-related entries in the messages file are copied below.

Cheers,

Nick

bash-3.00# grep -i oss /var/adm/messages
Jul  4 09:03:41 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: osscore0
Jul  4 09:03:41 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] osscore0 is /pseudo/osscore <at> 0
Jul  4 09:03:42 pc86 pci: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci105b,c4d <at> 2,7, oss_ich0
Jul  4 09:03:42 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_ich0 is /pci <at> 0,0/pci105b,c4d <at> 2,7
Jul  4 09:03:42 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_usb0
Jul  4 09:03:42 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_usb0 is /pseudo/oss_usb <at> 0
Jul  4 09:03:43 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_sadasupport0
Jul  4 09:03:43 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_sadasupport0 is /pseudo/oss_sadasupport <at> 0
Jul  4 09:03:43 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_sadasupport0
Jul  4 09:03:43 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_sadasupport0 is /pseudo/oss_sadasupport <at> 0
Jul  4 09:16:15 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 09:18:25 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 09:21:07 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 09:25:43 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 09:26:53 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 09:27:53 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 11:09:48 pc86 pci: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci105b,c4d <at> 2,7, oss_ich0
Jul  4 11:09:48 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_ich0 is /pci <at> 0,0/pci105b,c4d <at> 2,7
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: osscore0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] osscore0 is /pseudo/osscore <at> 0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_usb0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_usb0 is /pseudo/oss_usb <at> 0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_sadasupport0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_sadasupport0 is /pseudo/oss_sadasupport <at> 0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_sadasupport0
Jul  4 11:09:51 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_sadasupport0 is /pseudo/oss_sadasupport <at> 0
Jul  4 11:10:49 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_sadasupport0
Jul  4 11:10:49 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_sadasupport0 is /pseudo/oss_sadasupport <at> 0
Jul  4 11:10:49 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_sadasupport0
Jul  4 11:10:49 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_sadasupport0 is /pseudo/oss_sadasupport <at> 0
Jul  4 11:11:13 pc86 pci: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci105b,c4d <at> 2,7, oss_ich0
Jul  4 11:11:13 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_ich0 is /pci <at> 0,0/pci105b,c4d <at> 2,7
Jul  4 11:11:13 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: osscore0
Jul  4 11:11:13 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] osscore0 is /pseudo/osscore <at> 0
Jul  4 11:11:13 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=19
Jul  4 11:13:21 pc86 osscommon: [ID 625930 kern.warning] WARNING: Mixer extensions not initialized for
device 0
Jul  4 11:13:21 pc86 oss_sadasupport: [ID 517056 kern.warning] WARNING: ldi_open_by_name("/dev/dsp")
failed, errno=16
Jul  4 11:28:30 pc86 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: oss_usb0
Jul  4 11:28:30 pc86 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] oss_usb0 is /pseudo/oss_usb <at> 0
bash-3.00#

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