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Re: OSS -> ALSA migration trouble: no sound



On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 18:03, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:20 -0500
> Jonathan Brandmeyer <jbrandmeyer@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm attempting to migrate from my (working) OSS driver to the ALSA stuff
> > in preparation for upgrading to the 2.6 kernel.
> > 
> > I'm running Sid with 2.4.24-1-686 and alsa-modules-2.4.24-1-686.  I've
> > installed alsaplayer, alsamixer, libasound2, and verified that I have
> > the XMMS alsa plugin.  After getting the snd-emu10k1 driver installed in
> > the kernel, I haven't been able to get any sound from XMMS or any other
> > media program.  The best I can get is some quiet static if I enable the
> > CD input mixer channel using alsamixer.  All other mixer channels are
> > cranked to the max. 
> 
> Are they also unmuted?  If there's little "MM"'s at the top of the
> volume channels in alsamixer, the mute switch is turned on for those
> channels.  By default ALSA installs with almost everything muted; so
> if you never explcitly unmuted the channels (which is not the same as
> turning the volume up), then they're probably still muted.  In a GUI
> ALSA mixer such as gnome-alsamixer, you'll actually see little buttons
> or checkboxes that say "Mute" that you can toggle.
> 
> Any help?

No, I already checked that.  All of the channels are enabled/non-muted
except for the mic, cd, and line-in input channels.

Other ideas?
-Jonathan Brandmeyer



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