Subject: Re: Audio
From: Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 17:51:09 MST
The OSS plugin for XMMS works fine with the ALSA drivers.
-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
On Monday 04 February 2002 11:41, you wrote:
> I have a question, have you been able to run XMMS under ALSA, and if so
> what plugin are you using for XMMS? TIA.
>
> -Frazz
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Avinash Gupta wrote:
> > Here is what I had to do to get ALSA running on my machine:
> > YDL stock 2.4.10 kernel (SMP), XF86 4.1, G4 sawtooth w/AGP ATI Rage 128,
> > Apple Studio Display 17" (using Apple Display Connector).
> >
> > 1. Download alsa-driver-0.9.0beta10.tar.bz2 from:
> > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.0beta10.tar.bz2
> > 2. bzip2 -d alsa-driver-0.9.0beta10.tar.bz2
> > 3. tar xvf alsa-driver-0.9.0beta10.tar
> > 4. su -
> > 5. modprobe soundcore
> > 6. cp -R /lib/modules/2.4.10-12a/misc /tmp {for backup}
> > 6. exit
> > 7. cd alsa-driver-0.9.0beta10/cards/ppc
> > 8. vi awacs.c
> > 9. {Delete line 63 that says "#ifdef CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK"}
> > 10. {Delete line 76 that says "#endif"}
> > 11. Save the file and quit
> > 12. cd ../..
> > 13. ./configure --with-cards=pmac
> > 14. make
> > 15. su -
> > 15. make install
> > 16. modprobe snd-card-pmac
> >
> > If all the above work, congratulations! All you need to do is add the
> > following line to /etc/modules.conf (Comment out existing alias sound
> > lines.).
> >
> > # ALSA portion
> > alias char-major-116 snd
> > options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
> >
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-card-pmac
> >
> > options snd-card-pmac snd_index=0
> >
> > # OSS/Free portion
> > alias char-major-14 soundcore
> > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> > alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-0
> > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> > alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> >
> > Reboot ... you should get no errors in loading the sound module and sound
> > should work fine in KDE.
> >
> > If anything goes wrong, you can replace your old
> > /lib/modules/2.4.10-12a/misc directory with the one from /tmp and you
> > should be OK).
> >
> > DISCLAIMER: I have ONLY tested this on my machine with the stock YDL
> > kernel. Your mileage may vary depending on your machine and kernel.
> >
> > -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
> >
> > On Thursday 31 January 2002 10:51, you wrote:
> > > On Thu 31 Jan 2002, Avinash Gupta wrote:
> > > > Sound works fine for me after using the ALSA beta drivers. I have
> > > > mentioned this a few times on the list, but seems like no one else
> > > > has been able to get sound to work the way I suggested. Well ...
> > > > guess what? It works great for me ... Take a look at my earlier post:
> > > >
> > > > http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/yellowdog-general/January02/0315.html
> > >
> > > I *want* to try the ALSA drivers, but their installation instructions
> > > are kind of expert-ish. (they're like, "compile the drivers, load
> > > the approriate one, then go." Uh, OK.)
> > >
> > > Is there a dumbed-down HOWTO for ALSA out there?
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > Andy Hocker office: CDF trailer 168-O
> > > University of Rochester phone: (630)-840-8622
> > > Fermilab/CDF - M.S. 318 fax: (630)-840-2968
> > > PO Box 500 e: hocker@fnal.gov
> > > Batavia, IL 60510 hey ho: let's go
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
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