On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 03:30:43PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > Douglas Tutty wrote: > >[...] > >Yesterday I downloaded xorg. Today I downloaded some apps (I'm on very > >slow dialup at 1.5-2.5 KB/s) and alsa. Tomorrow I'll get something that > >will make a sound. I ran alsaconf which is supposed to get things set > >up and raise default (0) mixer levels. I then played speaker-test and > >got nothing out of the headphone jack on the front of the computer. I > >don't have speakers. Once I get everything I need downloaded then I'll > >poke around a bit. Right now I'd just like to listen to a CD. Later, > >I'd like to listen to radio shows I missed on cbc.ca. > > > >[...] > > > > > > I originally had a problem getting my PCI sound card to work. > Eventually, I found out that the system had auto-detected sound > integrated into the motherboard. The solution is to choose the correct > card from within Alsaconf. Here is a record of what worked for me (in Etch):
Success! After I installed some more alsa stuff (since there are no dependancies between the alsa packages, I had to poke around), it works. Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
