[Alsa-user] Problems installing ALSA

2007-05-03 Thread Alexander Dietz
Hi, I am trying to install ALSA on my machine (Fedore Core 5, linux kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp) but when running make for alsa-driver-1.0.13 I got a bunch of error-messages: #> make make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp/sourceSUBDIRS=/opt/users/src/temp/alsa- driver-1.0.13 O=/lib/modules/2

Re: [Alsa-user] Problems installing ALSA

2007-05-03 Thread John Haxby
Alexander Dietz wrote: > I am trying to install ALSA on my machine (Fedore Core 5, linux kernel > 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp) but when running make for alsa-driver-1.0.13 I > got a bunch of error-messages: You're probably better off doing a "yum update" -- among other things that will pull in a more r

Re: [Alsa-user] Problems installing ALSA

2007-05-03 Thread Alexander Dietz
Hi, and what exactly should I yum update? I tried "yum update alsa" but this did not work. Cheers Alex On 5/3/07, John Haxby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alexander Dietz wrote: > I am trying to install ALSA on my machine (Fedore Core 5, linux kernel > 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5smp) but when running mak

Re: [Alsa-user] Problems installing ALSA

2007-05-03 Thread John Haxby
Alexander Dietz wrote: > and what exactly should I yum update? I tried "yum update alsa" but > this did not work. It doesn't need any parameters, just "yum update" and say "y" when prompted. You can just update the kernel and alsa stuff ("yum update kernel\* alsa\*" I think) but I really wouldn

[Alsa-user] Turning off Upmixing

2007-05-03 Thread Adam Thomas-Murphy
I've been searching for days now for a way to either disable or to toggle upmixing for my Audigy 2 ZS sound card but have only been able to find information on doing the opposite. All I want is to be able to playback stuff like I can under WinXP where stereo sound plays as stereo and 5.1plays as

Re: [Alsa-user] Problems installing ALSA

2007-05-03 Thread Alexander Dietz
Oh, sorry, I didn't get your point, which is to yum update my machine basically Well, I did this, and a lot of packages has been updated (hopefully correct). So I suppose a recent alsda-driver or whatever have been sucessfully installed? A "yum list | grep alsa" returns: yum list | grep alsa

[Alsa-user] Obsolete OSS audio interface

2007-05-03 Thread Alexander Dietz
Hi, I updated my linux (using "yum update") to install the latest alsa driver, but now I still cannot play any audio-file. I get an error whan trying to cat a sound file to /dev/dsp: cat sound.au > /dev/dsp bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy A look at "dmesg" gives: application bash use

Re: [Alsa-user] Obsolete OSS audio interface

2007-05-03 Thread Oliver Lupton
Alexander Dietz wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I updated my linux (using "yum update") to install the latest alsa > driver, but now I still cannot play any audio-file. I get an error whan= > trying to cat a sound file to /dev/dsp: >=20 >> cat sound.au > /dev/dsp > bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy >=20

Re: [Alsa-user] Obsolete OSS audio interface

2007-05-03 Thread Alexander Dietz
Hi, thanks for your quick reply... On 5/3/07, Oliver Lupton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I updated my linux (using "yum update") to install the latest alsa > driver, but now I still cannot play any audio-file. I get an error whan= > trying to cat a sound file to /dev/dsp: >=20 >>

Re: [Alsa-user] Obsolete OSS audio interface

2007-05-03 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Alexander Dietz hat gesagt: // Alexander Dietz wrote: > A I know my card must support some kind of mixing - before updating my > kernel using "yum update" I was able to use (sometimes) VoiP and heard a > 'ping' when somethign was happening in one of my terminal windows. So that > should wo

Re: [Alsa-user] Cheap USB audio card with phantom

2007-05-03 Thread Arthur Marsh
John Haxby wrote, on 2007-05-02 21:40: > Jean-Michel Pouré wrote: >>> I am looking for a cheap two channels USB audio card, with two XLR >>> entries and preamp. This is for an Internet Podcast. Of course, I need >>> good Alsa support. >>> >> I lost hours connecting on Websites to look for info

Re: [Alsa-user] Turning off Upmixing

2007-05-03 Thread Ingo Müller
Hi! If you want stereo sound to be played on the two front channels only, you can just use the "front" or the "plug:surround51" device. The first has two only channels - the ones on the front - so it only plays stereo, whereas the second has 6 channels, but it uses only the two on the front when a

Re: [Alsa-user] Turning off Upmixing

2007-05-03 Thread Adam Thomas-Murphy
Thank you that is just what I was looking for. Though since I'm still rather new to Linux, how would I set that? Would I need to put it in a .asoundrc file? - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Expre

Re: [Alsa-user] Turning off Upmixing

2007-05-03 Thread Lee Revell
On 5/3/07, Adam Thomas-Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you that is just what I was looking for. Though since I'm still > rather new to Linux, how would I set that? Would I need to put it in a > .asoundrc file? It's up to the application to use a stereo device when playing back stereo

[Alsa-user] I found this on the VIA Forum -- vt1708a chip problem with headphone output?

2007-05-03 Thread Miles Lane
Hello, I am forwarding this to the list because I'm about to by a VIA-based laptop for a friend. "I have a question about via's hda audio driver under linux. my notebook is vn896 chipset based, with C7 processor, from FIC company. the audio device in the spec is vt1708a. I installed ubuntu 6.10,