Re: [SLUG] sounds like trouble

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 08 2007 - 14:36:50 EST


> Hi SLUGgers. I'm having a problem with ALSA -- I have no sound with apps
> that use OSS emulation, and aplay hangs, or at least stalls until some
> unknown condition is met. I've stopped/started /etc/init.d/alsa-utils, to
> no effect. What should I look at?

Do you have the snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss modules loaded (or built in)?
Do you have write permission to /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer?
Is the mixer volume unmuted?

I assume you've checked all the other obvious things, like are the
speakers plugged in, turned on, and unmuted, etc...

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