Can't Get My Sound To Work

ShadowMetis · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:47 am Post subject: Can't Get My Sound To Work

I configured my kernel with ALSA and specified the proper driver (snd-via82xx) for my onboard sound (VIA AC97 Audio Controller) I have the "alsa" use tag specified. I installed xmms using emerge. I get absolutely no sound. I don't know what the problem could be. I checked some install guides to no avail. Any suggestions?

tuxamd · Apprentice Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 281

Did you check the guide on how to setup ALSA in the Gentoo user docs section? If not here's a link
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
It mentions quite a few things you have to do such as unmute your master channels and whatnot to get it working.

Also check what sound output is selected in xmms preferences.

ShadowMetis · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject:

I had looked at that before, but it was about installing ALSA as a module. In the end, that's what I wound up doing, and it worked.

kimchi_sg · Advocate Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Posts: 2969

kallamej · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:13 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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