--- doomlegacy_142_src/linux_x/musserv/sequencer.c.orig	Sat Feb 22 21:25:59 2003
+++ doomlegacy_142_src/linux_x/musserv/sequencer.c	Sat Feb 22 21:27:23 2003
@@ -177,11 +177,7 @@
   seq_dev = num_fm;
 
   sndstat = fopen("/dev/sndstat", "r");
-  if (sndstat == NULL)
-    {
-    printf("musserver: could not open /dev/sndstat, exiting.\n");
-    exit(1);
-    }
+  if (sndstat != NULL) {
   fgets(sndver, 100, sndstat);
   for (x = 0; x < strlen(sndver); x++)
     if (sndver[x] == '-')
@@ -199,6 +195,9 @@
       }
   voxdate = atoi(snddate);
   fclose(sndstat);
+  } else {
+   voxdate = 0; /* kernel 2.4 doesn't have sndstat */
+  }
 
   voices = malloc(sinfo[seq_dev].nr_voices * sizeof(struct synth_voice));
   for (x = 0; x < sinfo[seq_dev].nr_voices; x++)