Re: I thought sound was going to be easy.

[Chris Jenks <rattis@dhol.org>]

At 07:35 PM 3/8/02, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I've got a Sound Blaster Live! (Value) card, and I can cat .wav files to
> /dev/audio.
>
> But, I was unable to get this (from the sound HOWTO) to work:
>
>   dd bs=8k count=4 </dev/audio >sample.au
>
> no errors "recording", but playing the resulting sample.au just makes
> crackling noises.
>
> I'm finding the HOWTOs a bit confusing due to their various dates, and
> knowing what applies to Debian.  Frustrated, I installed xmms hoping for the
> best, but didn't get anywhere.  Tried install alsa-base and got:
>
> Setting up alsa-base (0.9+0beta10-6) ...
> depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel/drivers/sound/sample.au is not an ELF file
> Starting ALSA sound driver (version none):modprobe: Can't locate module snd
>  failed.
>
> Can someone set me on the right path?  I'd like to end up being able to play
> CDs, MP3s, have a good basic mixer.  Normal stuff.
>
> bumby:/lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel/drivers/sound# ls -l
> total 140
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        15156 Mar  8 13:16 ac97_codec.o
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  8 13:18 emu10k1
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        32768 Mar  8 15:36 sample.au
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        83574 Mar  8 13:16 sound.o

I used the set up on linuxnewbie.org to get my sound working.
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html

Others on the list might disagree with my choice, but I liked it
and it works for me.