abu ~ /usr/yokel/bin/aplay /usr/local/share/sounds/melnorme-primary.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/local/share/sounds/melnorme-primary.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:523:(snd_pcm_hw_drain) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DRAIN failed: Input/output error
aplay can at least tell that the card's there:
abu ~ /usr/yokel/bin/aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: nForce2 [NVidia nForce2], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia nForce2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: nForce2 [NVidia nForce2], device 1: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia nForce2 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I think I have the right modules loaded
abu ~ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
snd-seq-oss 23712 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 3392 0 [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 37772 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 36708 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 11328 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-intel8x0 16480 1
snd-pcm 57376 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 14432 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3008 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 12928 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3956 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 35232 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd 28000 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore 3588 6 [snd]
snd-page-alloc 5572 0 (autoclean) [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
and I've unmuted everything I could get my hands on with amixer.
Any guess as to why it complains about the IOCTL_DRAIN? Hopefully this tells you why there is no pretty sound...
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