Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

[hendrik@topoi.pooq.com]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:07:17AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> 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.

Just in case it happens to you, I find that sometimes my system gets into a
state where I have to run alsaconf every time I reboot.  This can happen
weeks at a stretch.  Other times I have months when I don't have to
do it.

-- hendrik

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug.
> 
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