Kushal Kumaran <kushal <at> it.iitb.ac.in> writes: > Check your xmms preferences. Is xmms using OSS or alsa output? OSS > is deprecated.
OK. I changed the xmms output plugin from oss to alsa. Now I don't get an error message, but I also get no sound. >> 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. Yes, this is where I am confused. I read that Debian with a 2.6 kernel loads alsa modules by default? I was surprised that I didn't have any alsa packages installed since I had sound before switching from the 2.6.8 kernel to the 2.6.18 kernel. So, I was hesitant to install them, fearing I might make things worse. Fortunately, after installing alsa-base (which required linux-sound-base lsof) and alsa-utils, I have sound again. I notice that the module list is almost the same. Now snd_intel8x0 and snd_ac97_codec are not loaded. Maybe that was part of the problem. Also, /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer are now present, for whatever that is worth. Thanks. Gary Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
