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Re: Sound
Woo! A bit of a pain then? Likely I should look at OSS if I ever get around
to upgrading then? (At the rate I am going I might be started by the time 2.0
come out:-) )
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 22:50, [email protected] wrote:
> Actually, its a problem from switching from alsa 0.5 to alsa 0.9.
> Libranet was very kind in providing a deb that gives the alsa 0.5
> modules compiled for kernel 2.4.3. Once you go to woody/sid, alsa goes
> to the 0.9 series and you will have to compile your own modules. You
> also have to modify your modules.conf (not directly, but though
> modutils). For example, in my /etc/modutils directory, I have an
> alsa-path file that looks like:
>
> # Debian ALSA modules path
> # Do not edit this unless you understand what you're doing.
> path=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc
>
> that lets the system know where to find the modules, as well as a
> alsa-aliases that looks like:
>
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
> which sets up my card (SBLive Value) and emulates oss for those apps
> that prefer it.
>
> jason
>
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Sarah Hay wrote:
> > I might be a little off base with this but perhaps it is a kernel problem
> > in that are not the even numbered kernels usually the developer/test
> > kernels? Not that these kernels are bad so to speak, but they have not
> > been fully stabilized, tested, finished, etc.(ie. some module support may
> > be marked as experimental, meaning use at your own risk!). So I think,
> > again I may be off base, it might be worth checking to see if the alsa
> > portion of this kernel is marked experimental (I am not quite sure where
> > you do this, kernel.org possibly?). Or you may want to try the 2.4.17
> > kernel. 2.4.13 maybe?
> >
> > This very, very "as is" suggestions though. Proceed at your own risk:-)
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> > On Wednesday 16 January 2002 21:01, Michael Montz wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I did a dist-upgrade to woody and now alsa is acting flacky.
> > >
> > > /etc/init.d/alsa start does not work. Loading the modules by hand will
> > > allow me to get sound working, but my microphone no longer works.
> > >
> > > I get the following errors when trying to use the alsa mixers:
> > >
> > > alsamixer: failed to open mixer #0/#0: Success
> > > amixer: Mixer 0/0 open error: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > As added info, I installed a stock kernel from woody (2.4.16-k6) plus
> > > the alsa stuff that matched.
> > >
> > > Any clues?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Michael
> > > [email protected]
> >
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