kobedf 0 Posted December 5, 2004 ok.......i have sid and the 2.4 kernel ( ac'97 on board chip) las time i asked how to make the sound work you told me to add myself to the audio group .....how do i do that? the problem is i do not have a soundcard installed alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device and when i start linux i get a similar message saying that there are no cards and that it will direct output to dev/null i have installed alsa-modules-2.4.27-i-386 libasound2 alsa-base what sould i install next....or where did i go wrong? Share this post Link to post
egorgry 0 Posted December 5, 2004 what is the output of lsmod and lspci | grep -i audio I've never messed with alsa and the 2.4.x kernels. I've heard it can be a pain though. you can add yourself to the audio group by typing as root adduser yourusername audio then type groups as yourself to verify it was successful. just some advice I would sugest upgrading to the 2.6 kernel now before you get your system all pretty and happy. teh 2.6 kernel has a lot to offer and it's not as hard to do as one would think. Great Debian how to for kernel compile. http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/kernel-pkg/intro-kernel-pkg.html.en Share this post Link to post
kobedf 0 Posted December 5, 2004 output of lsmod is Module Size Used by Not tainted ac97 2832 0 (unused) soundcore 3204 0 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4384 3 (autoclean) ntfs 48288 1 (autoclean) 8139too 16512 1 keybdev 1664 0 (unused) usbkbd 2848 0 (unused) input 3072 0 [keybdev usbkbd] usb-storage 48128 0 (unused) usb-uhci 20996 0 (unused) usbcore 54368 1 [usbkbd usb-storage usb-uhci] output of lspci | grep -i audio 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8 237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) Alsaconf seems to be looking for soundcards so it doesn't work. i have added myself to the audio group Share this post Link to post
egorgry 0 Posted December 7, 2004 sorry bro, I've been working on production issues, writting perl scripts, and getting ready for year end BS for the good folks that give me my paycheck and bonus. I see you've opted to try and compile yourself a 2.6 kernel, good choice btw. I'll be popping in If I have quick answers I'll help you out just trying not to burn out. Share this post Link to post