hello

im a newbie and i don't know how to make sound work in slackware 10.1 when i tried to play something in xmms i got the error:

** WARNING **: oss_set_volume(): Failed to open mixer device (/dev/mixer): No such device

my friends told me to install "alsa"
but i think it didn't work:

http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=2249

bash-3.00# installpkg alsa-lib-1.0.2-i486-1ok.tgz
Installing package alsa-lib-1.0.2-i486-1ok...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
Executing install script for alsa-lib-1.0.2-i486-1ok...

bash-3.00# alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found
bash-3.00# alsa-mixer
bash: alsa-mixer: command not found
bash-3.00#

if i type "alsa" and press tab it finds no commands

why? what can i do?

thanks!

Im running slack 10.1 and sound works for me with alsa.. Alsa is on the slackware cdroms, so those versions will work better.. Here are my installed alsa packages:
/var/log/packages/alsa-driver-1.0.8_2.4.29-i486-1
/var/log/packages/alsa-lib-1.0.8-i486-1
/var/log/packages/alsa-oss-1.0.8-i486-1
/var/log/packages/alsa-utils-1.0.8-i486-1

Make sure the alsa-driver version kernel version part matches your kernel.. After that, use alsaconf to set up your soundcard..

sorry im a real newbie he he... isn't there a package that i just have to installpkg? he he he

alsa is split into the before mentioned packages. They are on the slackware cd:s you installed from. Install all of those, and all is well. So, mount the cdrom, find /mnt/cdrom/ -name alsa* , and installpkg those..