Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am no expert but I think most programs use /dev/dsp and I do not think alsa creates this device, only oss does. Don't ask me why?? Maybe alsaplay or mplayer don't need /dev/dsp but ogg123 and mpg123 do (and maybe mplayer as well, I don't remember). But, for most people I think oss emulation

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-27 Thread robin
debian wrote: Hello, Sound or no sound, that's the question! I have a computer :) with debian and kernel 2.6.9 There is also a SB PCI64 in the computer so i compiled the kernel for that card. (Creative) Ensoniq AudioPCI 1371/1373 When my computer boots i see this with dmesg: Advanced Linux Sound Ar

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-27 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, debian wrote: > I have a computer :) with debian and kernel 2.6.9 There is also a SB > PCI64 in the computer so i compiled the kernel for that card. > (Creative) Ensoniq AudioPCI 1371/1373 ensonic 1371 is the easiest sound card to get working under linux # modprobe

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-27 Thread debian
Hi! thnx for the reply! on my second computer (also with the same sound troubles, or me with the same lack of knowledge about it) i get: squidie:~# cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [ICH5 ]: ICH - Intel ICH5 Intel ICH5 at 0xda00, irq 17 so the card is recognized. I comp

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
You might try cat /proc/asound/cards to see if your card(s) are identified. Did you compile ALSA with OSS emulation? ALSA, by default has all volumnes set to 0. Have you tried alsamixer or gmix to increase sound? Try playing a mp3 or ogg with mplayer to see if it will play them. what does mod

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-26 Thread Andrew Schulman
> When i perform a cat /dev/sndstat i get > Cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device $ ls -l /dev/sndstat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 20 02:53 /dev/sndstat -> /proc/asound/oss/sndstat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]