On Thursday 25 September 2003 19:31, Michael Amos wrote:
> How do I check whether or not the card is in use by something else?

AFAIK '/sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp'. 

> I had unmuted the channels originally, but when I went back in to
> alsamixer, they were muted again.  Is there a way to save those
> settings so they don't revert on a reboot?

Yes, alsactl (see 'man alsactl') from the alsa-utils.

> On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 06:57, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 September 2003 23:57, Michael Amos wrote:
> > > Okay, removing all of the sound-related modules from modules.conf
> > > resolved the errors, and I have re-ran all of the installs for
> > > the alsa drivers, I added the suggested lines to modules.conf,
> > > and I have gone in to alsamixer and unmuted  everything except
> > > headphones, and turned the volume sliders up to 20.  However, I
> > > still get no sound. In addition, I launch xmms and try to play an
> > > mp3, no sound, doesn't seem to want to actually play any files. 
> > > However, I don't get any error messages regarding the sound card.
> > >  Any ideas?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > If XMMS just sits there the soundcard may already be in use by eg a
> > soundserver. If it seems to play but no sound comes out: note:
> > raising volumes in alsamixer does _not_ unmute channels; use the
> > 'm' key for that.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> >     -Frans

    -Frans



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