Hi Alain, Try to check the permissions and ownership for the device, as well as where does it point to (/dev/dsp is usually a link to /dev/dsp0). If the permissions are wrong and everything goes fine after you change them, but it flips back to wrong permissions on next login, try to look in /etc/logindevperm, what is the default value for your device... Good luck! Eduard --- bartydeux wrote:

Hello,

Fed up of SuSE 7.3. Everything went fine with SuSE 7.2, now with SuSE 7.3 I can't use my usb scanner HP6200c (I could with SuSE 7.2) and if I want to listen to a mp3 file I have the answer "can't open /dev/dsp!". The sound card is normally installed with alsaconf.

Does anyone know how to open /dev/dsp?

Thanks -- Alain Barth�lemy

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