Kent West wrote: > > I've recompiled my kernel in order to get sound working. Now when I > reboot I can see messages about my sound card, so I went back to the > documentation to see how to test the sound. > > "The Linux Sound HOWTO; Installation (p15 of 26)", section 4.3 states > that there should be a "/dev/sndstat" file. > > There isn't one.
that´s normal, if sound isn´t working yet. > It says it can be created by using the short script at the "end of the > file Readme.linux in the directory /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound". > > There is no such directory. it will be there, as soon as you´ve created a link from /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.1 ;-) it´s not necessary, but usefull. some programms, eg. alsa, persist of such´n link. a drawback: you have to repoint the link to the new kernel-source, if you upgrade. and that´s the first you should do. get the now released 2.2.10. > However, I surmised that the /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.1/drivers/sound > would be equivalent. Nonetheless, there is no "Readme.linux" in this ^ yes, it´s the same > directory, and the two READMEs that are there don't have such a script > (at least not that I can recognize). you´re right. i remember i´ve seen such a file in 2.0.36 and can´t it see now in my 2.2.9. but you´re lucky: this script is by no means ´debianish´. if executed, it creates some devices in /dev which are not suited for debian. instead of that, got to /dev and execute ./MAKEDEV audio as root. (or use fakeroot) > I installed saytime as a test program; it appears to run, but I hear > nothing. later, if cat /dev/sndstat shows your sound is working > > I still don't quite get how modules work, so I'm sure I've just gotten > something screwed up, and in conjunction with faulty documentation (the > aforementioned Sound HOWTO), I'm at a loss. the howto´s should be used as clue-guide only, imho. > I've clued in enough to the various posts that I know there's such > commands as lsmod, insmod, rmmod, and modprobe, and I've tinkered around > with them, but haven't had much luck. The lsmod shows: vmnet, vmmon, > binfmt-aout, vfat, and fat. I've tried to "insmod sb" (guessing that > "sb" means "SoundBlaster") and "insmod sound", but there's "no module > found by that name". so do you own a soundblaster? which sort of? hafi
