Re: Configuring ALSA in kernel-2.5

[Stephen Hassard <steve@hassard.net>]

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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