Re: [Alsa-user] Install ALSA on 2.6.17 kernel
Daniel Kraft wrote: When doing aplay -l I get the message no soundcards found although on kernel startup there's something like: ALSA devices: #1 SiS AC97... I guess the device nodes are missing. Is there anything in /dev/snd/? If not, and if you're using a dynamic device file system, you have to create some udev script to create the device nodes. If you're using a static device file system, run the sounddevices script from the alsa-driver package to create them. HTH Clemens - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Install ALSA on 2.6.17 kernel
Clemens Ladisch wrote: Daniel Kraft wrote: No sound at all, although I get some entries in the ALSA devices (or so) list printed on kernel startup. Install alsa-utils and set the mixer levels with alsamixer. The default is muted because this setting is guaranteed not to blow up the speakers. I've installed ALSA library and utils now, but it still doesn't work. When doing aplay -l I get the message no soundcards found although on kernel startup there's something like: ALSA devices: #1 SiS AC97... What could cause such a problem? Many thanks, yours, Daniel Kraft - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Install ALSA on 2.6.17 kernel
Daniel Kraft wrote: No sound at all, although I get some entries in the ALSA devices (or so) list printed on kernel startup. Install alsa-utils and set the mixer levels with alsamixer. The default is muted because this setting is guaranteed not to blow up the speakers. There should be some scripts to call alsactl restore after the drivers have been loaded and alsactl store when the system is shut down. The first can be done with udev. HTH Clemens - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Install ALSA on 2.6.17 kernel
Daniel Kraft wrote: I'm using a very late kernel (2.6.17.3), but currently I'm using OSS for sound; as I built nearly my whole system from source (using Core distro), I have no pre-installed ALSA or something like that. Now I want to switch to ALSA, but I don't really know how to do so. If I simply activate all corresponding options in my kernel-config (building all ALSA drivers available there), sound simply does not work. What do you mean with does not work? Drivers not loaded? No device files? Error messages? Device accepts data, but not sound? Green demons coming out of your speakers? What could be the problem? That's difficult to tell without knowing what the symptoms are. If a driver is loaded, it should be listed in /proc/asound/cards. What happens when you run aplay something.wav? should I only install the library and utilities, or do I even need the driver package as addition to my kernel? The driver package is only needed for kernels without ALSA. All other packages should be installed, but you need only lib and utils for basic things. Regards, Clemens - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
