On 19/09/11 13:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi > > I recently upgraded my sid system. > > Sound had been working nicely. Then we were upgraded to the 3.0.0-1-amd64 > kernel and for some reason I had no sound. > When i ran lsmod i got
<snipped> > > now if i try this > > mlaks@Rashi:~$ lsmod |grep alsa > mlaks@Rashi:~$ > > so looks like no alsa. > so i tried to compile alsa using m-a > and compilation failed for some reason (something about missing versions.h > file in the sound directory even though i have the kernel headers set up well) > <snipped> > > thanks > > Mitchell Laks > > On a KDE laptop, where I use alsa, I found I needed to change the default pulse backend to get sound to function properly. I had to install vlc-plugin-pulse and phonon-backend-vlc then change the pulse backend in System Settings => Multimedia => Backend to VLC (YMMV) Differences:- different (unsupported) audio chipset, upstream version of alsa, Squeeze, 32-bit. You'd still have to solve the missing alsa [*1] modules problem (if you need alsa) - but when alsa is installed, and you change the pulse backend to VLC you'll see the alsa device added to the list of devices in System Settings => Multimedia => Output Device Preference Cheers [*1] dpkg --get-selections | grep alsa -- "Always question authority, and demand the truth." — Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e77dc95.7070...@gmail.com
