On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 10:15:11AM +0000, Gary Parker wrote: > I recently lost sound after a dist-upgrade to Debian 4.0. Not sure why, > though > I do have a new kernel, 2.6.18-4-486, replacing 2.6.8-2-386. > > Now xmms gives an error message, "couldn't open audio." >
Check your xmms preferences. Is xmms using OSS or alsa output? OSS is deprecated. > <snip details> > > I thought that maybe sound was muted so I tried: > $ setmixer -V vol 70,70 > Error opening /dev/mixer > > Unfortunately /dev/mixer does not exist. Neither does /dev/dsp. > /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp are OSS devices. To get them, you'll need to load the snd-pcm-oss and snd-pcm-mixer modules. > I just downloaded the alsa mixer gui. When it starts the master volume > appears > to be muted, but when I adjust the sound I still get the same message from > xmms. > > I notice that I don't seem to have any alsa packages installed. None were > removed during the upgrade. > I don't understand. If they weren't removed during upgrade and you don't have them now, then you didn't have them installed before. alsa-base and alsa-utils should be the packages you want. Installing alsa-utils gets you alsaconf and alsamixer. > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > HTH. -- Kushal Kumaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
