vt8233 ac97 sound problems?

itor66 · 11-12-2002, 07:52 PM

Well, the libranet is installed and it works. Kind of.
Anyone know why the sound is detected but don't play?

Help will be appreciated.

Aussie · 11-13-2002, 01:45 AM

Have you checked the permissions on /dev/dsp*, dev/sequencer*, dev/mixer*, /dev/midi* and /dev/audio*?

BittaBrotha · 11-13-2002, 02:22 AM

If yours is like mine, the sound card, then you may be better off getting the Alsa sound drivers. Because I went months trying to get sound using the regular drivers and never got sound to work.

Alsa did it for me!

itor66 · 11-13-2002, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aussie
Have you checked the permissions on /dev/dsp*, dev/sequencer*, dev/mixer*, /dev/midi* and /dev/audio*?

What would the permissions have to do with the sound not playing? I did check the volume and the mute, someone directed me to that section though.

Aussie · 11-13-2002, 09:11 AM

If a user dosn't have permission to the device then the user can't use the device.

itor66 · 11-13-2002, 08:01 PM

Well, I can get to xterm, and i can navigate to the directory, but how do i check the permissions on a file? the ls command will list it, but not the properties of it.....

I know, another dumb question.

Aussie · 11-13-2002, 09:03 PM

"ls -l" is the command your looking for, the '-l' is for 'long'

Code:

bern@grendel bern$ ls -l /dev/dsp*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            9 Oct  3 02:17 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root      14,   3 Oct  3 02:17 /dev/dsp0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root      14,  19 Oct  3 02:17 /dev/dsp1
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root      14,  35 Oct  3 02:17 /dev/dsp2
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root      14,  51 Oct  3 02:17 /dev/dsp3
bern@grendel bern$

itor66 · 11-14-2002, 08:49 AM

Cool, thank you very much for that basic lesson in linux.

Aussie · 11-14-2002, 09:25 AM

Your welcome. Do "man ls" for all the options available for ls.

nibou · 12-12-2002, 10:34 AM

Hello,
I got the same problem but I did every thing you mention, but didn't work.
some idea????
Thanks! I using redhat 8 I'm new new in linux!
Thank! again!

nibou · 12-14-2002, 11:33 PM

Don't loss your time!!!
get ALSA to resolve the sound problem!
ALS did it for me!!!!!
100% working!

jh48107 · 12-23-2002, 09:45 PM

hey where could i find alsa

Aussie · 12-23-2002, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jh48107
hey where could i find alsa

www.alsa-project.org

itor66 · 01-08-2003, 01:47 PM

I cheated, i found an old yamaha pci sound card, with that it installs sound and plays sound....oh happy days.

KhzX · 01-12-2003, 03:03 AM

to BittaBrotha
how did you manage to get to your sound card to work with the Alsa Drivers
i just installed RH 8.0 and i need some help with that
its multiple packages to install ( 3 that i know of )
what did you do .. i have the drivers but i have no idea what to do