Ok, so I compiled a kernel with all the ALSA stuff enabled as a module, and I can get the mixers to work and the computer DOES play sound... it just plays garbage (kinda like a heartbeat monitor with ALOT of static).
Anyways... I'm fed up with monkeying with it, and figured I should ask the experts (that's you). I ran alsaconf and it set it up and all that good stuff (installed alsa-utils and alsa-base via apt-get, unstable. Kernel is 2.6.6 with alsa compiled in). BEGIN LSMOD OUTPUT) Here's what lsmod tells me: Module Size Used by dmasound_core 20484 0 ds 19400 0 yenta_socket 20388 0 pcmcia_core 62244 2 ds,yenta_socket i2c_keywest 10052 0 snd_powermac 38404 3 snd_pcm_oss 64676 1 snd_mixer_oss 20896 3 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 108156 2 snd_powermac,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 10892 1 snd_pcm snd_timer 25180 1 snd_pcm snd 56564 5 snd_powermac,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9320 5 dmasound_core,snd airport 5856 0 orinoco 51276 1 airport hermes 14368 2 airport,orinoco (END LSMOD OUTPUT) so all the modules seem to be loading correctly... annnnd... here's my /etc/modprobe.d/sound file: options snd device_mode=0660 alias snd-card-0 snd-powermac alias sound-slot-0 snd-powermac and I tried using a /etc/modutils/alsa file,but it didn't work (it looks like this): alias char-major-116 snd options snd device_mode=0660 alias snd-card-0 snd-powermac alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss any ideas?
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