> Currently I'm trying to get ALSA working, but I don't really know how to do it. > I followed every step I could find online, and I know it's installed to some > degree now, but when I try to use modprobe to put in the proper modules it can't > detect them. I may not have the right kernel version of ALSA. Hopefully I haven't > royally screwed up my system.
ALSA is a pain to get setup from what I have heard. I have the a VIA soundcard on my laptop and it works just fine with the via_82xxx module. I suggest that you get OSS set up first. OSS has been around longer and it works on my system without a hitch. If you have an AMD cpu then I will be more than happy to send you my working kernel. (It is compiled with AMD specific compiler flags, so it won't work on Intel chips.) Also, do an "ls -l /dev/dsp" to make sure that the device is there. If it isn't then try "ls -l /dev/sound/dsp" and see if that is there. If not then your problem is with devfs (if you use it). Also make sure that you have execute permissions on /dev/dsp. -- Michael GnuPG Fingerprint: 4C56 7C23 8BD9 8B39 C4D4 B8F3 42FB 3634 31B5 E963
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