On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:37:54PM +0100, Thaden wrote: > I'm running debian sarge, and after reading a good many google hints, > faqs, etc (also the bit on linuxorbit.com) i still can't get alsa to > play any sound. > alsa starts up well at boottime, but any application using alsa quits > with error messages like "could not find a suitable output module on > your computer" (alsaplayer). > /dev/snd only has "seq" and "timer" /proc/asound/cards consisists of the > single line "--- no soundcards ---". > i use a standard 2.4.18-k7 kernel with precompiled alsa-modules (0.9). > oss works fine, but it seems i need alsa for recording and editing sound > files.
Are you using devfs? If not, then you'll have to create the device nodes. The ALSA docs presumably tell you how, somewhere... -rob
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