topic Re: sound problem in Operating System - Linux

sound problem

eric kim_1 — Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:38:18 GMT

I have zt1170 and cannot configure the sound card.
Please help me.
I have Debian. when i had RH8, the sound worked fine but no luck with Debian.

Eric

Re: sound problem

Cuitlahuac — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 17:20:15 GMT

1 Wich sound card do you have?******in Debian you may use sndconfig as in RH or alsaconf whatever you want******if you don`t have anyone you may installit with apt-get (apt-get install sndconfig or apt-get install alsaconf) then may be you must have in kernel installed the needed modules, then you may use modconf. Just tipe modconf in shell (konsole, xterm, whatever you want)

Re: sound problem

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:25:57 GMT

When you use bleeding edge hardware or laptops, sometimes your choice of distributions is limited.

Fedora Core 1 is solid, reliable and probably supports your sound card. Think about it.

Also, is it possible the card has failed? Try the test untilities that came with the computer.

SEP

Re: sound problem

Cuitlahuac — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:38:56 GMT

But he wants to try now with Debian :).....is tired of RH ;)......and in debian you are in the bleeeeeding edge with apt-get

Re: sound problem

Cuitlahuac — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:42:51 GMT

By the way I am SuSE Linux user =======>Why not to try SuSE Pro 9.1 wich is coming soooooon with updates form Novell-SuSE=========> with YOU (YaST Online Update) in the bleeeeding edge with updates. ;)

Re: sound problem

Martin P.J. Zinser — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:21:47 GMT

Hi,

check the contents of /proc/sound . Is your card recognized at all? If yes which devices are setup for the card?

Greetings, Martin

Re: sound problem

Robert Binkhorst — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 02:12:06 GMT

Hi,

Debian is strick with handing out permissions, you need to be in a specific group to be allowed to talk to the device. Check permissions on /dev/sound and put yourself in that group.

If this doesn't work, you'll need to check if your kernel module is loaded.

HTH,

Robert