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On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > Argh! - HOWTO overload. > > I've got a Sound Blaster Live Value. I'm running Debian Testing. I've > build my own kernel 2.4.17 from kernel-source package. I did build the > emu10k1 module. I ran modconf and selected emu10k1. emu10k1 loads fine > without errors. I can cp some .wav files to /dev/audio and hear the > sound. Some .wav files sound ok, some others sound bad. > copy? Use cat for this stuff: cat bla.wav > /dev/dsp > For what it's worth: > > # lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: P emu10k1 51008 0 ac97_codec 9696 0 > [emu10k1] NVdriver 818912 14 (autoclean) 8139too 13152 1 > > I'm a bit frustrated by the HOWTOs. I've found many that show various > steps (but not always the same steps), but none that really explain the > reasons for all the steps -- so that means I don't really understand if > a step applies to me. > > I've also seen HOWTOs that show a bunch of lines to add to modules.conf. > Again, I'm not sure if that applies to me or not. > > I think I need soundcore, but I'm not clear what kernel config I should > use to build it. I'm not clear if I need ALSA or OSS in addition. > > I'm really the kind of person that likes to understand the reasons > behind the configurations -- which is why I picked Debain. > > Anyone know of a good document that's up to date, and also explains the > various components and how they fit together? It would be a nice bonus > if it helped me get my sound working, too. ;) I would like to get sound > working, but I'd like to come away learning something, too. > > Then, once I get hardware sound working, it would be very helpful to > know what I need for a mixer and CD/MP3 player to make use of it, too. > > Oh, here's part of my kernel config > > fgrep SOUND /boot/config-2.4.17 | grep -v ^# > CONFIG_SOUND=y > CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1=m > CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m > Hmm, you don't say what your problem is. I guess it is that you cannot play sound as a user. However, sound is heard when you cat something to /dev/dsp, so I guess the hardware is working fine, but you will have to add yourself to the group audio: # ls -l /dev/dsp crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Nov 22 2000 /dev/dsp # adduser memyselfandI audio and relogin. Check with 'groups' to see if you are actually added to the group. Now you can play anything you like: bplay blabla.wav mpg123 "Dropkick Murphys - The Spicy McHaggis Jig.mp3" xmms (mp3 player like winamp) Greetz, Sebastiaan
