alsa config

paul62 · 03-23-2005, 08:44 AM

Can anyone give me an idea of how to go about configuring alsa in slackware 10.0 I would appreciate the help.

xushi · 03-23-2005, 08:46 AM

well, a good start is to type
alsaconf
and see if it detects your chipset.

reddazz · 03-23-2005, 08:47 AM

There is a program called "alsaconf" which you can run as root. When your soundcard is setup, you then have to run "alsamixer" and "alsactl store".

mrchaos · 03-23-2005, 11:43 AM

if you run into problems using sound/mixer in users other than "root," (like I did) you might want to type chmod # /dev/dsp and chmod # /dev/alsamix into the terminal where the # is your user that you want to give priveledges to. Of course, this is a "just in case" scenario, and you need to run alsaconf first :-D

Duo · 03-23-2005, 11:59 AM

i've actually had some pretty odd errors with alsa!

actually, wouldn't call it an "error", it just doesn't work. I alsaconf > alsmixer > alsactl store'd, but nothing. it worked fine with 10.0, though, so I have no idea what's wrong. going to try compiling the 2.6.10 kernel + alsa stuff myself, I guess. see what happens.

but it sure seems kinda arbitrary in the working area. =/

egag · 03-23-2005, 12:18 PM

maybe better get the latest ( 2.6.11.5 )

egag