"Rafael E. Herrera" wrote:
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
OK, I've gotten the sound modules (sound, es1370) to load (via modprobe). I've verified it with lsmod. But how do I actually turn on the sound? I know that there's an extra step here, because if I type `soundon', the OSS utility does turn on the sound after issuing several dire error messages. Before I type `soundon', there's no sound; after I type it, there's sound.
So is there a non-OSS utility that performs the function of `soundon' without complaining?
Use the ALSA drivers. Install it and run 'alsaconf' it should detect your sound card and add the necessary entries to modules.conf.
But I already have the correct entries in modules.conf, since that's what enables es1370.o to load, I assume. I'd like to avoid modifying things that are already working - and both sound.o and es1370.o are being loaded now.
Note that the es1370 does not use the /dev/sndstat device file, so you'll not get any output out of it. Your best bet is to play a sound file directly to the /dev/dsp device. Find an .au file ( $ locate .au ) and 'cat sound_file.au > /dev/dsp'.
The doc in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/es1370 says that the es1370 driver doesn't support .au files without the assistance of extra software (timidity). Is there anything in the ALSA package (I assume SuSE includes it, right?) that does what OSS soundon does? Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/