Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 08:12:35AM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Wed January 3 2007 07:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: > > > El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > > > > Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of > > > > the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need > > > > to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web > > > > site. > > > > > > Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with > > > alsamixer. > > > > The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open > > /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ > > making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a > > /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and > > kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all > > the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to > > their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a > > /dev/dsp? > > > > There's something I don't understand here. > > Alsa's mixer settings are all muted and set to zero by default, why I don't > know. To avoid blowing up loudspeakers, I've been told. > I always run aslamixer and set them to good values and then > run "alsactl store" to save them, but kmix or any other mixer can be used > also. I run alsaconf. It sets them to usable values. But it didn't help when I had /dev/dsp in existence. - hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Wed January 3 2007 07:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: > > El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > > > Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of > > > the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need > > > to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web > > > site. > > > > Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with > > alsamixer. > > The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open > /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ > making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a > /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and > kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all > the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to > their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a > /dev/dsp? > > There's something I don't understand here. Alsa's mixer settings are all muted and set to zero by default, why I don't know. I always run aslamixer and set them to good values and then run "alsactl store" to save them, but kmix or any other mixer can be used also. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: > El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > > Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of > > the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need > > to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. > > Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with alsamixer. The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a /dev/dsp? There's something I don't understand here. -- hendrik > > -- > Benjam? > http://blog.bitassa.cat > > > > . > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of > the sound system? That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need > to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with alsamixer. -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules load): "/etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/!" I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've added include /etc/modprobe.d and now the system loads oss modules on boot: $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf include /etc/modprobe.d I did this on my sarge system (which also didn't have a /dev/dsp) and one appeared. I could cat from it, and cat /dev/urandom to it and get noise. There are probably better things to cat to it. Unfortunately, after I did this, none of my audio programs worked. Couldn't get sound out of kaffeine, xmms, konqueror I know that xmms at least requires you to specify either ALSA or OSS in the sound driver configuration menu. Is this a matter of /dev/dsp disabling alsa or something? When I took the line out of /etc/modprobe.conf, making it empty again, and rebooted (just in case), /dev/dsp vanished, and sould still didn't come back. I had a mute system. It took powering it down to restore normal sound, without /dev/dsp. This is probably a bug somewhere, that the sound card isn't being initialised properly. Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. In Sarge some audio programs, like audacity use only OSS. Otherwise you can use the ALSA sound devices. With ALSA I suppose you have to disable real OSS, which has been deprecated anyway, and use the ALSA OSS-compatibility driver instead. I do this myself but use a combination of OSS programs that seems to require that I turn off the Gnome sound server (using the sound options in desktop preferences) but that could be a configuration error on my part. This setup obviously does not support audio mixing. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. I've digitized a number of audio cassettes that using Gnome sound recorder, but getting the volume right was always tricky. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: > I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules > load): "/etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/!" > > I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've > added include /etc/modprobe.d and now the system loads oss modules on boot: > > $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf > include /etc/modprobe.d I did this on my sarge system (which also didn't have a /dev/dsp) and one appeared. I could cat from it, and cat /dev/urandom to it and get noise. There are probably better things to cat to it. Unfortunately, after I did this, none of my audio programs worked. Couldn't get sound out of kaffeine, xmms, konqueror Is this a matter of /dev/dsp disabling alsa or something? When I took the line out of /etc/modprobe.conf, making it empty again, and rebooted (just in case), /dev/dsp vanished, and sould still didn't come back. I had a mute system. It took powering it down to restore normal sound, without /dev/dsp. This is probably a bug somewhere, that the sound card isn't being initialised properly. Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of the sound system? That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)
I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules load): "/etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/!" I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've added include /etc/modprobe.d and now the system loads oss modules on boot: $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf include /etc/modprobe.d $ lsmod|grep -i oss snd_pcm_oss38368 0 snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm68644 3 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_oss28768 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7008 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq45680 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7820 6 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd47012 16 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .
