I'm running Sarge, X windows, and Gnome. I have a CMI8738 sound card. Sound works under Knoppix, so my problem is with software and dummy user. I've installed all the stuff that has alsa in its package name and that seems plausibly necessary. I've run alsaconf. Before I started this project I already had a sound volume icon on my top menu bar. Now I expect that it should work, but it doesn't. There is a diagonal bar across it, which I suppose indicates that sound is disabled, and I do indeed have no sound.
When I click on the volume control, I get and error message window: Couldn't open mixer device /dev/sound/mixer This puzzles me. Shouldn't the required device software have been set up by the install scripts? Is there a 'Sound on Debian for Dummies' that I can look at? Thanks -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
