Re: No sound

[Alou Dialy <aloudialy@yahoo.com>]

Why cant I use oss I dont want to install alsa.

So I installed mplayer instead and at first I couldnt
open /dev/dsp so I switched to root and then I could
and sound worked so I switched back and then I could
play sound too without being root.

So how did mplayer do it?

--- Benjamin Schmidt <b.schmidt@t-p.com> wrote:

> Use ALSA (OSS is old).
> 
> Check if required packages are installed:
> 
> $ dpkg -l | grep alsa
> alsa-base
> alsa-utils
> ...
> 
> execute:
> $ sudo alsaconf
> 
> set volume with:
> $ alsamixer
> 
> 
> Alou Dialy wrote:
> > What do I need to make the sound work. I just
> > installed etch but there is no noise from
> /dev/dsp.
> > 
> > 
> >      
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