Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:55:36 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> I've just discovered that my sound has disappeared following a recent >> upgrade in Sid, after working flawlessly for months/years. >> >> I suspected this was due to a problem with udev, which has recently >> replaced hotplug here (not necessarily an improvement, I think). >> >> However, "lsmod | grep snd" seems to show that the modules are loaded: >> >> lsmod | grep snd >> snd_ens1371 24736 0 >> snd_rawmidi 23072 1 snd_ens1371 >> snd_seq_device 7884 1 snd_rawmidi >> snd_ac97_codec 92708 1 snd_ens1371 >> gameport 15304 2 snd_ens1371,analog >> ac97_bus 2560 1 snd_ac97_codec >> snd_pcm 72388 2 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec >> snd_timer 21188 1 snd_pcm >> snd 48612 6 >> snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer >> soundcore 7712 1 snd >> snd_page_alloc 9800 1 snd_pcm > > You are missing OSS legacy support. > >> But aumix says there is an error opening mixer and saytime says: >> >> arcadia:~:$ saytime >> sox raw: '/usr/share/saytime/the_time_is.au': sample rate not specified; >> trying 8kHz >> sox stio: Can't open output file '/dev/audio': Permission denied >> child process returned a non-zero status 2 >> >> So I tried running sayitme as root, and got: >> >> sudo saytime >> sox raw: '/usr/share/saytime/the_time_is.au': sample rate not specified; >> trying 8kHz >> sox stio: Failed writing /dev/audio: Unable to reset OSS driver. Possibly >> accessing an invalid file/device >> child process returned a non-zero status 2 >> >> Alsaconf detects my sound card (Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI rev 02) and >> appears to configure things correctly. Alsamixer seems to show things >> correctly as well and there is even a click from the speakers as I >> finish. >> >> So I'm not sure what to try next or where to report a bug. > > modprobe snd_pcm_oss >
This is probably because alsaconf is broken [1]. What version are you using? It is slated to be fixed in version 1.0.14-2 [2]. [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_ALSA[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/09/msg01370.html -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
