On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:50:33AM -0500, Harvey Ussery wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /dev/sndstat > >Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.4 emulation code) > >Kernel: Linux doob 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Sun Oct 3 13:22:21 CEST 2004 ppc > >Config options: 0 > > > >Installed drivers: > >Type 10: ALSA emulation > > > >Card config: > >PowerMac Tumbler (Dev 29) Sub-frame 0 > > > >Audio devices: > >0: PowerMac Tumbler > > > >Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > > >Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > > >Timers: > >7: system timer > > > >Mixers: > >0: PowerMac Tumbler > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > "Audio devices" apparently config'd. Since I'm only interested in basic > audio, I shouldn't be concerned that Synth & Midi are not config'd, right?
This looks okay. Synth and Midi show the same for me too. I think this is normal as this is the OSS emulation info. > What about sound drivers? You already have that loaded. It's the snd_powermac module. > Again, many thanks to anyone who can get me started on the correct > diagnostic path why I don't have sound enabled. --Harvey The first think I'd try next is to run alsamixer and make sure the volume is turned up. Next, try to play a sample sound using aplay. If you get any errors, post them. If you hear no sound with aplay, try the '-v' and '-vv' switches. The last one should show continuous output for a while. The only other thing I can think of is that the OSS driver might be built into your kernel. I don't know if this is a Debian practice or not. What kernel are you on? (uname -r) -- Martin
