Re: Getting sound to work

["Jack O'Quin" <joq@io.com>]

Miguel Griffa <mgriffa@technisys.net> writes:

> Hi all,
> I finally installed kernel 2.4.19 and alsa-source,
> alsa modules seem to be loaded ok,
> but I can get no sound,
> I use alsaplayer and it keeps printing
> 
> null plugin active...no sound output
> 
> can anyone give me a hint on how to make this work?

I think this is an incompatibility between alsaplayer 0.99.59-5 and
the current version of ALSA (0.9).  It doesn't work on my system
either.

You should be able to run alsaplayer in OSS mode like this:

   alsaplayer -o oss

To check that the native ALSA interfaces work, try:

   aplay /usr/share/sounds/card_shuffle.wav    # (or any other sound file)

You'll probably need to set output levels with amixer or alsamixer, if
you haven't done that already.

Good luck,
-- 
  Jack O'Quin
  Austin, Texas, USA