Can someone explain to me why I would need ALSA?
Ok, so I just installed debian. There is no sound for my applications (such as GAIM). I read somewhere that I need to install ALSA for sound. Can someone explain to me why I need this and how to install it? Any help is appreciated.
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Just think of it as Linux drivers for your sound card
http://alsa-project.org/ |
ALSA is what controls the sound in linux, and its a large collection of drivers for different cards and such.
You can get it at http://www.alsa-project.org/ |
Since you're on debian a simple apt-get install alsa should probably cover it for you :)
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If you are using kernel 2.6x, alsa should be built in to the kernel, since you are using Debian, this may not be the case.
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Mmm thats suprising. I actually disabled it as modules on my Slack machine and just use the default alsa from kernel 2.6.10.
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