Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my XO

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
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I gave up on OSS years ago, when I discovered that there were dozens of 
high-quality sound cards without free OSS drivers! Alsa was release < 1 
back then, and there was very little documentation. That's been fixed, 
and I am not going back to OSS!