Re: VIA sound problem
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:11:24 -0400, Jim Lynch <jwl@sgi.com> wrote:
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> Alvin Oga wrote:
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> >hi ya jim
> >
> >On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jim Lynch wrote:
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> >>I've been completely unable to get sound to work with Debian and any
> >>sound card, ever and I've been running Debian for years. My last
> >>attempt was the testing distro and 2.6.8 on a box with the via 82xxx
> >>card build into the MB. I fiinally got it to actually install so the
> >>/dev/dsp device was recognized and the alsa mixer must think there is
> >>something there because it lets me adjust the gain, but no noise from
> >>anything. Dumping wave files to /dev/dsp or /dev/audio doesn't even
> >>work.
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> >>
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> >you cannot just "dump" sound files to random devices
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> >
> Well you used to be able to cat .wav files to /dev/dsp or /dev/audio,
> but I don't remember which format went to which device. That was one of
> the debugging techniques we used to use.
>
If you just cat something to it you'll get something. Usually just random noise.
greets,
Wim
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