sound in Linux

[William Carty]

----- Original Message -----
From: "bob nuzum" <rnuzum@tampabay.rr.com>

> When I boot into linux I  get the message "error while initializing the
sound
> driver /dev/dsp. can't be opened (no  such device).
> I'm really somewhat  inexperienced.
> Help would be greatly appreciated.
> Bob

Had the same problem on my powerbook.  Added

cat /dev/sndstat

to /etc/rc.d/rc.local & it fixed it for me.  Hasn't happened again.