Re: Can't get audio to work
On Sunday 16 June 2002 06:03 pm, you wrote:
> On Jun 16, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
> > I can't get audio to work. I have the following sound card that is
> > built into the motherboard:
> >
> > Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)
> >
> > I have the driver for it compiled into the kernel (2.4.18).
> >
> > I have added myself to the audio group.
> >
> > Is there a step-by-step howto of how to set up audio on Debian. If
> > not, suggestions?
>
> maybe a description of what happens when you try to play a tune. I
> would personnaly recommend compiling as a module so you can
> load/unload as you please for experimentation.
>
> Do you see a sound card entry in /proc/interupts, /proc/ioports or
> /proc/dma?
>
> what happens if you do:
>
> cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
>
> do you get static or not, an error message, for heavens sake man give
> us something? :)
>
> If you get no error message or strange 'hung' style noises you
> probably just have your mixer settings right down low (or
> muted)......install 'nmixer' or something similar and try again with
> the mixer settings dealt with.
>
> Can you see the mixer settings.....
>
> please as a word of ettiqutte, in future post 'useful' problem
> reports. All that then happens is a generic response is sent out,
> which normally involves the reply containing information that should
> of been in the original e-mail. 'Requests' like this are normally
> passed over and ignored by mailing list/newsgroup roamers......you
> are lucky this time mear luser :)
Alex,
I would like to thank you for your arrogant, obnoxious reply to my
letter. It's people like you that keep Windows users using Windows.
The reason I asked for a step by step howto for setting up sound is
because I don't have a clue where to begin or what to look for. If I
could have provided you with all the answers to your questions before
you asked them, I wouldn't have needed your help, now, would I? When I
used Red Hat I didn't need to ask how to set sound up. It worked from
the get go. That isn't the case with Debian. So now I need a complete
tutorial from a-z on how sound works in Linux so I can trouble shoot.
It might be Debian. It might be the computer. This is a new computer.
I'm not even sure it came with a sound card. But I don't know how to
find out. Don't tell me to read the documentation that came with it.
It's written in geek.
"The mainboard has a built-in AC'97 4Ch Codec, provides an AMR
slot..."
Please don't ever respond to my posts, even if you have the answer. I
have better things to do with my time than to sort through your
rudeness.
Glen
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