On 3/2/06, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander Puchmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi Harry! > > > > Did you load the alsa-modules before launching kde? > > I have now after following ChistophE's suggestions. > > I still get nothing when attempting to play something. But warnings > and erros that is. > > I have an XMMS player on my kde menu. It just doesn't work but > quietly no warning etc. (Also it is so tiny I can hardly see it.. and > seems no way to enlarge it -- I use a large desktop resolution) > > > > Try /etc/init.d/alsasound start as root and then have a look what dmesg is > > telling you and whether /proc/asound/cards contains anything different from > > a empty string. > > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [V8237 ]: VIA8237 - VIA 8237 > VIA 8237 with AD1980 at 0xc800, irq 201 > > > Second, your should configure your kde to use alsa. Go into the control > > panel, audio settings (Sound&Multimedia), Sound-System, select the > > hardware-tab and make sure that audio hardware is set to alsa and not > > oss. > > It was set to autodetect .. I changed it to alsa, but shouldn't that select > alsa anyway? Soon as I changed it, I immediately got this waning > dialog box: > Sound Server informational message > Error while initializing the sound driver > device: default can't be opened for playback (No such device) > The sound server will continue using teh null output device. > > Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > you've ALSA installed but it's not configured yet? Try > > editing /etc/modules.d/alsa manually or install alsa-utils and run > > alsaconf as root. After that add ALSA to your preferred runlevel. > > I did install alsa-utils and ran alsaconf. /etc/modules.d/alsa looks > like this: > > alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss > alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss > > # Set this to the correct number of cards. > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.11rc2 --- > alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > Should the oss stuff be there? > > I've put alsasound into run level 3 and rebooted. > > On starting kde I still get a dialog message about the sound server > being unavailable. No play tools work. > > (lsmod output at the end) > > Running the command line util `play' on a wav file shows this: > > reader > play WestMemphisBlues_SonnyBoyWilliamson2.wav > ALSA lib confmisc.c:672:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0' > ALSA lib conf.c:3491:(_snd_config_evaluate) function > snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device > ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings > ALSA lib conf.c:3491:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat > returned error: No such device > ALSA lib confmisc.c:1072:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name > ALSA lib conf.c:3491:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer > returned error: No such device > ALSA lib conf.c:3960:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device > ALSA lib pcm.c:2107:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default > sox: Failed writing default: cannot open audio device > > lismod output: > root # lsmod|grep snd_ > snd_pcm_oss 48160 0 > snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_seq_dummy 4740 0 > snd_seq_oss 32256 0 > snd_seq_midi_event 8064 1 snd_seq_oss > snd_seq 50448 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event > snd_via82xx 27544 0 > gameport 16264 1 snd_via82xx > snd_ac97_codec 84256 1 snd_via82xx > snd_ac97_bus 3328 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm 82052 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec > snd_timer 24196 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm > snd_mpu401_uart 8320 1 snd_via82xx > snd_rawmidi 24736 1 snd_mpu401_uart > snd_seq_device 9484 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi > snd 53604 11 > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >
You should check the ALSA Guide from the Gentoo Docs and see if you performed all steps, specially your kernel config. I have this same MOBO, so I can assure you, it works... Just follow the guide. I had KDE working with ALSA, but strangely, the "Test" button at KDE config don't work, all other apps does using arts. -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
