Re: [tlug] Alsa configuration problems in Debian Sarge

[patrick <patrick@example.com>]

You know you have to unmute the card right?
Run alsamixer and make sure your card is unmuted and turn up the volume
Sorry if i am stating the obvious, but if you are using a 2.6 kernel and
all your modules are loaded then there isn't much else.
The other option is to just install ubuntu and be done with it ;-)


On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 05:33 -0400, acmuller@example.com wrote:
> I've spend a good part of the past few days trying to get sound
> working in Debian Sarge 2.6.8-2  with Alsa, to no avail. I checked the TLUG
> archives and found a thread from last year initiated by Alessandro,
> for which Scott offered some advice. The problem seems to be similar,
> but I haven't been able to resolve it yet.
> 
> As I understand it, Alsa comes installed in the 2.6. kernel, and so no
> special installation should be necessary. When I
> run "alsaconf", it correctly finds my SB Audigy card, to which it
> applies the emu10k1 module, and subsequently modifies
> /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf, including snd-emu10k1,
> reporting successful configuration. But still no sound. Lsmod gives this:
> 
>     xps8250:/home/chuck# lsmod
>     Module                  Size  Used by
>     snd_emu10k1            80776  0
>     snd_rawmidi            23204  1 snd_emu10k1
>     snd_pcm_oss            48168  0
>     snd_mixer_oss          16640  1 snd_pcm_oss
>     snd_pcm                85384  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
>     snd_timer              23300  1 snd_pcm
>     snd_seq_device          7944  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
>     snd_ac97_codec         59268  1 snd_emu10k1
>     snd_page_alloc         11144  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
>    snd_util_mem            4608  1 snd_emu10k1
>    snd_hwdep               9092  1 snd_emu10k1
>    snd                    50660  10
>     snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,sn
>      d_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep
>     soundcore               9824  1 snd
> 
> As I understand it, Alex eventually resolved the problem in figuring
> out that Alsa was conflicting with OSS, which was being loaded on boot. He
> disableed this by changing a file name. However, when I do
> dmesg, I see no indication of OSS being loaded, so I am not sure if
> this is the problem.
> 
> In any case, I'm still not getting sound, and I wonder if anyone can
> point me in a helpful direction. Everything that I have turned up
> googling has been old stuff, long before the 2.6 kernel.
> 
> Chuck
> 
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