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Re: alsa: no device



On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:37:54PM +0100, Thaden wrote:
> I'm running debian sarge, and after reading a good many google hints,
> faqs, etc (also the bit on linuxorbit.com) i still can't get alsa to
> play any sound.
> alsa starts up well at boottime, but any application using alsa quits
> with error messages like "could not find a suitable output module on
> your computer" (alsaplayer).
> /dev/snd only has "seq" and "timer" /proc/asound/cards consisists of the
> single line "--- no soundcards ---".
> i use a standard 2.4.18-k7 kernel with precompiled alsa-modules (0.9).
> oss works fine, but it seems i need alsa for recording and editing sound
> files.

Are you using devfs?  If not, then you'll have to create the device
nodes.  The ALSA docs presumably tell you how, somewhere...

-rob

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