On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 14:52, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 November 2008 17:40, Nigel Henry wrote: >> On Thursday 27 November 2008 15:38, Mark Neidorff wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound >> > working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. >> > >> > My motherboard has built-in sound. Needless to say, I want to hear >> > sound. I also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones >> > jack of my radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. >> > >> > I've used >> > arecord -t wav -f CD junk.wav >> > to try to record. No matter what the settings in the mixers...total >> > silence (as seen by audacity and as confirmed by using hexdump). >> > >> > I've searched. >> > I tried reloading the ALSA drivers. >> > I ran alsaconf.
Alsaconf is generally not useful unless you have an ISA card >> > I downloaded and installed the kernel source and the ALSA drivers source, >> > but I was not able to compile the drivers (couldn't find version.h). >> > Yes, I adjusted for source location with: >> > ./config --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18 >> > I've tried alsamixer and alsamixergui. >> > >> > Here is a bunch of info that I found about my system: >> > >> > alsamixergui: >> > >> > Chip Analog Devices AD1986A This is the important bit. That chip uses the snd-hda-intel module. hda-intel has had a lot of improvements in recent version of ALSA, so a kernel/alsa upgrade is probably your best bet. >> > Is there anything else you need to know about my system to help me get >> > sound working? >> > >> > PLEASE HELP me get sound working. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Mark >> <snip> >> Their are 2 options. Upgrade the alsa driver, which is currently 1.0.18a, >> or install a later kernel, which has a later alsa driver. >> >> I chose on this machine to install a later kernel, which has alsa driver >> 1.0.16, and my sound on Etch works ok with this. >> >> If you want go this way, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list >> >> deb ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/deb/ ./ >> > > Hi Mark. > > I see that the thread that you started with the subject of. > "ALSA sound recording frustration" has now moved into a discussion of > electrical theory, which is not helping you with your problem. > > Even though your subject line stated you had a recording problem, your first 2 > paragraphs indicated that you had no sound at all, which is why I suggested > the later kernel from the musix repo, in order to get the sounds working with > Etch, as that kernel uses a later version of the alsa driver (1.0.16). > > Have you tried installing the kernel from the musix repo? If so, are the > sounds working now with your Etch install? > > Only trying to help you to get your sounds working. A better option than a Musix kernel might be Etch and a Half: http://wiki.debian.org/EtchAndAHalf Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]