On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:42:21PM -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Coming here is a good place to start when having issues getting sound. > Some suggestions: try installing alsa-base, alsa-utils, and alsa-oss. > Then, as root, run the command "alsaconf". Check the volumes with > alsamixer. > > If this still doesn't find your soundcard, then, as root, edit your > /etc/modules file to include the line "snd-sb16", and then restart your > computer. Check the volumes with alsamixer. > > Perhaps oss has a module that can be used. Try, as root, the command > "modprobe sb16" and see. If so, then try to add "sb16" to the > /etc/modules file. Restart, and see. > > Anyway, I've often had difficulties with sound, but sometimes I have > luck with the suggestions above. Good luck.
And if you have an ISA sound card you have to give irq= and dma= parameters to the kernel module for your card. And also there is the problem of the modules changing names between kernel versions. -- Chris. ====== " ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness." Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
