I've just installed Debian testing on a new computer but I can't get the
sound to work. I think the problem is that /dev/dsp doesn't exist,
although when I did "modprobe snd-intel8x0" it created /dev/snd/controlC0 and /dev/snd/timer.
The kernel is 2.6.8-2-386 #1 and "lspci -v" includes the following:
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 814e Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169 Memory at cfef8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [70] #10 [0091]
I'd appreciate any suggestions as I have basically no idea how to debug sound problems.
Thanks, Adam
What is the output of "ls /dev/dsp*"? You should see one or more devices listed, depending on how many other sounds devices are in your system. You can cat .wav files into a device file as a test, but beware that the output may be highly distorted so turn down your volume control.
Beware also that the old standby of making a soft link to /dev/dsp may not work anymore with udev, since a file system is superimpose on /dev. Instead I had to configure some OSS apps with /dev/dsp2, the device name assigned to my audio ASIC. (I think ALSA apps shouldn't care one way or the other.)
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