Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 03:30:43PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
> Douglas Tutty wrote:
> >[...]
> >Yesterday I downloaded xorg. Today I downloaded some apps (I'm on very
> >slow dialup at 1.5-2.5 KB/s) and alsa. Tomorrow I'll get something that
> >will make a sound. I ran alsaconf which is supposed to get things set
> >up and raise default (0) mixer levels. I then played speaker-test and
> >got nothing out of the headphone jack on the front of the computer. I
> >don't have speakers. Once I get everything I need downloaded then I'll
> >poke around a bit. Right now I'd just like to listen to a CD. Later,
> >I'd like to listen to radio shows I missed on cbc.ca.
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >
>
> I originally had a problem getting my PCI sound card to work.
> Eventually, I found out that the system had auto-detected sound
> integrated into the motherboard. The solution is to choose the correct
> card from within Alsaconf. Here is a record of what worked for me (in Etch):
Success!
After I installed some more alsa stuff (since there are no dependancies
between the alsa packages, I had to poke around), it works.
Thanks,
Doug.
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