[ntp:questions] chu and wwv audio driver problems in debian lenny

Unruh unruh-spam at physics.ubc.ca
Mon Dec 1 14:49:14 UTC 2008


David Woolley <david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes:

>jimmyterrence at gmail.com wrote:

>> I grabbed a different computer (which unfortunately seems to use the
>> same audio hardware) and did a new install of debian lenny.  This
>> time, instead of using the oss drivers, I used ALSA, because they're
>> newer and are supposed to be better supported.  Now I have the
>> following audio devices in /dev/snd

>I believe you will need an application compiled to use Alsa, although I 
>believe there are options or tools, in Alsa, to emulate the older API. 
>I have a feeling they also emulate the older device names.

>> SOUND_MIXER_READ_DEVMASK: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>> SOUND_MIXER_READ_RECMASK: Inappropriate ioctl for device

>This will be the result of using OSS system calls on Alsa drivers.

Load the snd-oss module 
Eg put
  alias char-major-14 soundcore
  alias sound-slot-1 snd-1
   # card #1
   alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
   alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss
   alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
   alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss
   alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss

into /etc/modprobe.conf




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