Re: Configuring ALSA in kernel-2.5

[Louis Garcia <louisg00@bellsouth.net>]

Sorry no, I'm not running devfs. Where is that script snddevices?

Thanks for your help, --Lou


On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 14:36, Stephen Hassard wrote:
> Make sure you 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:34:23PM -0500, Louis Garcia wrote:
> > Well that's my question. I'm running 2.5.66 on RH phoebe beta and need
> > to find out what to choose in the config. I have build a kernel with:
> 
> You didn't mention if you're using devfsd or not. I'll assume that it's not working for you since 2.5.66 requires a new devfs daemon, which isn't available as binary for most distros.
> 
> The above being noted, make sure that you run ./snddevices to create the alsa devices in /dev ..
> 
> > < >     OSS PCM (digital audio) API
> 
> you need the above for digital audio (ie: /dev/dsp)
> 
> > These modules load ok when I modprobe. I think I have to install
> > alsa-libs and the oss compat lib? The kernel documentation should be
> > updated soon.
> 
> you don't need alsa-libs or the oss-compat lib for oss functionality .. the above should be enough ..
> 
> also, make sure that your user has permission to write to /dev/dsp.
> 
> you'll probably need a mixer to unmute the audio. alsa, by design, mutes all audio channels.
> 
> later,
> Steve



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