Barry Samuels wrote: > I've been struggling with this for days without getting anywhere. I've > done endless searches and made some previous postings without any > useful results. > > Debian Testing up to date as of today. > Kernel 2.6.22.6 plus alsa modules > > What is really irritating is that if I boot the same machine using a > Knoppix v5 live CD it all works properly. > > Playback seems to work but recording does not. > > If I record my voice using the microphone the result is of rather low > volume accompanied by an obvious hiss or hum and something that sounds > like a motorbike engine. > > If I try to record using my USB record turntable with Audacity the > resulting sound is very choppy but Knoppix does it perfectly. > > I noticed that when using Knoppix the sound devices listed in Audacity > are /dev/dsp, dsp1 and dsp2 but running my normal operating system I > get names like 'ALSA: HDA Intel ALC882 Analog (hw:0,0)' > > Can anyone suggest a course of action? >
If /dev/dsp is missing, it may have been removed by alsaconf (which is currently broken [1]). You can recreate the node with # modprobe snd_pcm_oss More details on the NewbieDOC wiki [2]. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/09/msg01370.html [2] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_ALSA -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]