On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Douglas Tutty wrote: > I'm gradually getting Etch installed on my new box and I'm ready to get > sound working. I figure I'll try out vlc as an all-singing-all-dancing > media player. However, looking through the package lists none of the > media players depend on alsa. > > There's no mention of sound in either the installation manual or > debian-reference. > > I'm assuming I need alsa so I installed it and note that lsmod shows the > sound modules are loaded. > > If I was a total newbie, how would I know how to play sound?
Make sure the relevant sound controls are unmuted and turned up using your favorite sound mixer. For example: % alsamixergui If you can use alsaplayer and hear sound, you're good to go. Run it from a shell as: % alsaplayer <foo.mp3> where foo.mp3 could be any sound file (.wav, .ogg, ...) Or if you don't have a sound file handy, just try speaker-test: % speaker-test VLC uses plugins for its sound, so you'll need to install one: % sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-alsa HTH, -- Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]