On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, csarid wrote: > Bill, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I did look and search through the /lib/modules > directory and their was nothing with snd-... at all The distribution is > RedHat 3 Enterprise. >
Weird. Anyway, download the latest alsa, compile it and install it. > Thanks! > > Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, csarid wrote: > >> Is there a particular entry to look for and enable once in the kernel >> config? I see " Sound card support" which seems to be the closest, but no >> designation for a dummy selection to enable. >> Thenk you > > I find it very very hard to believe that alsa support is not built into > your kernel. I doubt very much that any distro would disable alsa > Look for any snd- entries in /lib/modules > find /lib/modules -name snd-\* > > The look to see if you have snd-dummy > find /lib/modules -name snd-dummy\* > > The kernel setup does NOT control the details of alsa. If alsa is enabled > then all of the modules are compiled and installed. The only way snd-dummy > would not be there is if they went into alsa itself and disabled it. > > (What distro are you using?) > > > > >> >> Lee Revell wrote: >> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 08:05 -0700, csarid wrote: >>> Lee, >>> >>> Thanks for the reply.. >>> >>> for the command, I get the following: >>> >>> /sbin/modprobe snd-dummy >>> modprobe: Can't locate module snd-dummy >>> >>> >>> Also, I was hoping to simply load the module seperately instead of >>> having to install the entire alsa. >>> >> >> ALSA is included in the kernel, but your distro must have disabled it. >> Recompile the kernel and enable the dummy driver. >> >> Lee >> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Lee Revell wrote: >>> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 07:47 -0700, csarid wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I need some help in getting the snd-dummy drivers installed >>> on my >>>> linux box. Can anyone point me to the location where I can >>> get the >>>> snd-dummy sound driver for my linux system and possibly some >>>> instructions on how to install or setup. I have already set >>> the entry >>>> "alias snd-card-0 snd-dummy" in /etc/modules.conf, but looks >>> like I'm >>>> missing something because it still does not work. >>>> >>> >>> Does "modprobe snd-dummy" work? >>> >>> Did you select it when you compiled ALSA? >>> >>> Lee >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Do You Yahoo!? >>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>> http://mail.yahoo.com >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >>> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>> _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list >>> Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
