[ltp] sound chipset, and ALSA

[Raphael D. Pereira - DephiNit]

Em Seg 22 Abr 2002 14:28, you wrote:
>
> This is seriously weird... the modprobe snd-cs4236 works...
> gt root # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
> snd-cs4236             19808   0  (unused)
> snd-cs4231             19424   0  [snd-cs4236]
> snd-pcm                31040   0  [snd-cs4231]
> snd-mixer              23880   0  [snd-cs4236 snd-cs4231]
> snd-timer               8928   0  [snd-cs4231 snd-pcm]
> snd                    32512   0  [snd-cs4236 snd-cs4231 snd-pcm
> snd-mixer snd-timer]
> soundcore               3940   0  [snd]
> xircom_tulip_cb        11760   1
> rtc                     6524   0  (autoclean)
> usbcore                58368   1
>
> but I can't find a mixer to work they either report that the ALSA driver
> was not found, or that it cant find a mixer.
> if I try and use esdplay it cant find /dev.dsp, if I try aplay:
>
> 454 gt bimble $ aplay  /usr/lib/bx/wav/notify_ZnO.wav
> Aplay: version 0.5.10 by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
> Error: unable to obtain longname: No such device
>
> I suspect it's something stupidly simple... anyone care to give me a hint?
>
> Cheers
> Alister

A lot of programs do not (yet) come with ALSA builtin support, that's why 
there's a lot of 'snd-*-oss.o'... for OSS compatibility (enable mixer, and 
/dev/dsp)... Try to modprobe snd-mixer-oss and modprobe snd-pcm-oss...

Good Luck,

DephiNit

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