OSS ALSA alsa-oss

likwid · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 40

I installed alsa-oss because everything seems to want to use OSS, but I can't get anything to work with it. /dev/mixer and /dev/dspX don't show up. My /etc/modules.d/alsa looks right, but I am not sure. Any ideas?

didymos · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:39 am Post subject:

What does lsmod show? Also, what version of alsa-driver (or if the in-kernel driver, which kernel?) are you using? The alsa-oss package is somewhat older, and shouldn't be needed at all. What you need is alsa-driver or the in-kernel alsa, alsa-headers, alsa-plugins, and alsa-lib. Then run alsaconf and add alsasound to the default runlevel, and you should be set.
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Thomas S. Howard

gust4voz · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

For sparc you don't use alsa-driver (we don't support it, just the kernel built-in drivers).
Usually setting things up is just editing /etc/modules.d/alsa and setting:
alias snd-card-0 snd-sun-cs4231
and uncommenting:
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

Then emerging alsa-utils and using the /etc/init.d/alsasound script to start things up.
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didymos · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

OK, wait, when did sparc come into this?
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likwid · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 40

This is the gentoo on sparc forum, where I hang out lol. I am at work right now but I will check these things when I get home and post back. Thanks again Gus.

didymos · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

Oh, OK. I just grabbed the post from unanswered and completely tuned out the actual forum it was from.
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