On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 17:07:46 -0800 Mark Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all, > > Recently, I set up ALSA on my iBook using the debian packages and > make-kpkg. I managed to get everything set up in accordance with Mij's page > this time (ie, make-kpkg modules worked), which is nice. However, I can't > adjust the volume; it's always very, very low. Also, alsamixer will load, but > if I start xmms with the alsa-xmms output plugin loaded, I receive the > following errors: > (before playing anything): > "snd_mixer_attach: No such file or directory" > (after trying to play something): > "error opening alsa device: No such file or directory" > i have never installed alsa from the debs, only from source but when installing from source it is necessary to run a script called 'snddevices' that comes with the alsa-driver source. This script creates a load of devices in /dev/ relating to audio. It sounds like maybe this script hasn't been run. You could get the alsa-driver tarball from alsa and run the script to find out. - matthew
