oss modules missing (wrong dependencies?)

[Pablo Hörtner]

Binary package hint: saydate

When I install saydate (resp. saytime), the following packages are installed:
  libsox-fmt-base libsox-fmt-oss sox oss-compat

Nevertheless, I get the following errors:
  FATAL: Module snd_seq_oss not found.
  FATAL: Module snd_mixer_oss not found.
  FATAL: Module snd_pcm_oss not found.

As a result of this, when trying to execute saydate I get:
  sox WARN raw: `-': sample rate not specified; trying 8kHz
  sox WARN raw: `-': # channels not specified; trying mono
  sox FAIL formats: can't open output file `/dev/dsp': Permission denied

The last message is a bit weird, as a) I am member of the group audio and b) the device file does not exist. :)

redtux@nostrix:~$ id
uid=1000(redtux) gid=1000(redtux) Gruppen=1000(redtux),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),29(audio),46(plugdev),112(lpadmin),120(admin),122(sambashare),129(libvirtd)

redtux@nostrix:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp
ls: cannot access /dev/dsp: No such file or directory

I remember similar bugs from Debian GNU/Linux. Thus, afaik this error is well known.
E.g. see Bug #672950 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/saytime/+bug/672950

Reading the Debian Sound FAQ also did not help. http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ

Even after creating the device files in /dev I got the error message that they would not exist.

redtux@nostrix:/dev$ sudo MAKEDEV -v sound
create mixer c 14 0 root:audio 0660
create mixer1 c 14 16 root:audio 0660
create mixer2 c 14 32 root:audio 0660
create mixer3 c 14 48 root:audio 0660
create sequencer c 14 1 root:audio 0660
create midi00 c 14 2 root:audio 0660
create midi01 c 14 18 root:audio 0660
create midi02 c 14 34 root:audio 0660
create midi03 c 14 50 root:audio 0660
create dsp c 14 3 root:audio 0660
create dsp1 c 14 19 root:audio 0660
create dsp2 c 14 35 root:audio 0660
create dsp3 c 14 51 root:audio 0660
create audio c 14 4 root:audio 0660
create audio1 c 14 20 root:audio 0660
create audio2 c 14 36 root:audio 0660
create audio3 c 14 52 root:audio 0660
create sndstat c 14 6 root:audio 0660
create audioctl c 14 7 root:audio 0660
create mpu401data c 31 0 root:audio 0660
create mpu401stat c 31 1 root:audio 0660
create midi0 c 35 0 root:audio 0660
create rmidi0 c 35 64 root:audio 0660
create smpte0 c 35 128 root:audio 0660
create midi1 c 35 1 root:audio 0660
create rmidi1 c 35 65 root:audio 0660
create smpte1 c 35 129 root:audio 0660
create midi2 c 35 2 root:audio 0660
create rmidi2 c 35 66 root:audio 0660
create smpte2 c 35 130 root:audio 0660
create midi3 c 35 3 root:audio 0660
create rmidi3 c 35 67 root:audio 0660
create smpte3 c 35 131 root:audio 0660

redtux@nostrix:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2011-02-23 16:21 /dev/dsp

Unfortunately, I don't know where to find the correct kernel modules.
redtux@nostrix:~$ sudo apt-file search /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: saydate 0.3.0-10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-4.31-generic 2.6.38-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-4-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 23 15:56:47 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110202)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT:de:en_GB:en
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=de_AT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: saydate

[Pablo Hörtner (redtux2000)]

is someone currently working on this? i can still reproduce the bug. if there is no solution for natty, please remove saydate and saytime from the repository.