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01-10-2005, 08:40 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
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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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01-10-2005, 08:57 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 1,796
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Just think of it as Linux drivers for your sound card
http://alsa-project.org/
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01-10-2005, 08:58 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Vancouver, WA
Distribution: SuSe 9.1 Personal, Slackware 10
Posts: 53
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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/
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01-11-2005, 01:07 AM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Australia
Distribution: Gentoo
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Since you're on debian a simple apt-get install alsa should probably cover it for you 
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01-11-2005, 01:12 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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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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01-11-2005, 03:51 AM
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Registered: Dec 2004
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Quote:
Originally posted by reddazz
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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having ALSA built in didn't work for me, having it as modules works though :S
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01-11-2005, 04:08 AM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Hilliard, Ohio, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Kubuntu
Posts: 1,851
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Originally posted by TaNeK
having ALSA built in didn't work for me, having it as modules works though :S
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Likewise
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01-11-2005, 04:16 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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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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