Re: Sound system
Hi Jim,
Try downloading the also sources and compiling from them. I had
problems with the binarys that were provided. Wehn you download it,
it's very easy to setup (well for me it was). Get the sources from
here: www.alsa-project.org/ (the site appears to be down at the moment
for some reason). Also read the quick install guide/how-to run it and
hopefully that should be you up and running. Remember to remove the
alsa packages from debian first before installing the new ones.
HTH,
Tam.
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:19:26 -0500, MillTek <mill.tek@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Jeff Elkins wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:31:38 -0500, MillTek wrote
> >
> >
> >>Kent West wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>MillTek wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>As a Linux noob, I have tried many many googling sessions to get
> >>>>sound working on the Sarge 2.6.6 installation I have. My machine has
> >>>>an Abit NF7-M motherboard with and NForce2 chipset. I tried the Music
> >>>>player in the KDE menu (rhythmbox) and when I do I get the following
> >>>>message;
> >>>>
> >>>>osscommon: Unable to open /dev/dsp (in use ?)
> >>>>
> >>>>Doers anyone have any idea exactly what steps I should follow to get
> >>>>it wotking? I do know that the machine will work in 2.6.5 as I tried
> >>>>it under Knoppix and it was OK.
> >>>>
> >>>>I would greatly appreciate some help.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks
> >>>>Jim
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>My guess is that the sound module is not being loaded. Try running
> >>>"modconf" and selecting the correct module for your sound chipset.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Kent,
> >>I loaded and ran modconf. There are a number of sound drivers being
> >>loaded. What else can I try?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Jim
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I wonder if it's a permission issue. When root can you play a sound from the
> >command line? Try 'play something.wav' as root. You may need to apt-get
> >install sox.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> OK,
> I installed alsa-oss. Used the KDE control center to switch to using
> ALSA and tried playing an mp3. It made sound for about 1 second and
> stopped, however the timer kept going as if it was playing. Had a power
> failure so had to reboot. Now I get an Informational artsmessage;
> Error while initializing the sound driver
> device: default can't be opened for playback (no such file or
> directory) The sound server will continue using the null output device.
>
> We're nearly there!!
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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