hallo all,

after installing bebian, i got no sound on my laptop. Thanks to googling, the following scenario was found and works as root.

1.) apt-get install esound-clients
2.) mv /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base /root <-- i did that because i felt that this file disturbed me from getting sound out of my tecra 8000. if denyerecs way is better, than pls tell me.
3.) vi /etc/modprobe.d/tecra_sound
# ALSA Configuration.
alias snd-card-0 snd-opl3sa2

# some stuff for the OSS drivers
alias char-major-14 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# aliases for sound card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
4.) vi /etc/modules
snd-opl3sa2 dma1=1 dma2=0 fm_port=0x388 irq=5 isapnp=0 midi_port=0x330
port=0x538 sb_port=0x220 wss_port=0x530 <--- its one long row!
5.) apt-get install libesd-alsa0

However when I enter the box as a user, the notebook becomes mute. Why does this configuration only work for root, since the configuration files in /etc apply to all the users?

Thanks in advance.
win2s

usually, you just type alsaconf and your soundcard is configured correctly. try this and tell us if your program exists.

Hi mechmg93,
pior to trying my hand on that synopsis, I had used alsaconf, but this tool failed figuring out my soundcard. I'd like to know whether some instructions in the /etc/modules are set dedicatedly for root. regards, win2s

since I cannot find any helping info in this subforum, the thread continues in the software part.