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On 10/12/05, Rob <europa100@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I have done the alsa configuration before, so I am kind of at a loss as |
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> to why nothing is working. I believe that I followed the Gentoo Linux |
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> Alsa Guide to the letter, but it was confusing. I had difficulty |
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> figuring out which parts of the text applied to different ways of |
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> configuring Alsa. For example, the use of modules vs. a compiled in |
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> kernel Alsa. Also, when is the alsa-driver needed for operation? It |
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> wouldn't compile when I tried it. |
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> I am using modules. Now, alsaconf failed when I tried it. It wrote |
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> error messages to modules.d/alsa. I seem to remember the error entries |
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> had a "snd-***" in them. But a manually edited modules.d/alsa and then |
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> a modules-update allowed all the needed modules to be loaded during bootup. |
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> So lsmod shows all the needed modules loaded, alsamixer is fully unmuted |
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> and the volumes turned up, yet no sound. I am certain that I have the |
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> right modules for my soundcard as revealed by pciutils. |
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> Is there any other documentation for Alsa? Man alsa or alsasound |
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> revealed nothing as well as apropos alsa. |
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> Thanks, Rob. |
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There's a lot of documentation at the Alsa site. |
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That said, let's look around. Please post back the output of |
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lspci |
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lsmod |
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cat /proc/asound/cards |
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Remove any /etc/asound.state file, run alsamixer again, and then run |
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alsactl store |
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Locate a wave file and try playing that from the command line. What happens |
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aplay file.wav |
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- Mark |
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