Re: /dev/dsp revisited

["john smith" <inquirer23@hotmail.com>]

> > >Are you starting the oss compatability layer?
> > >
> > >awind@digit-safe:~$ grep oss /etc/alsa/alsa-base.conf
> > >startosslayer=true
> >
> > I compiled from source bec my soundcard is not detected in alsaconf...so 
> I
> > am unable to use that command
>
> I do not understand how compiling alsa from src prevents you from
> using grep.  Suggest that you check the above mentioned file.

What I mean to say was that I do not have alsa-base.conf file because I 
compiled from src...
>

> > yes. /proc/asound
> > cat proc/asound/sndstat produces:
> > bash-2.04$ cat /proc/asound/sndstat
> > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.5.10b emulation code)
> > Kernel: Linux sup3r 2.4.2 #16 Mon Apr 2 09:38:01 UTC 2001 i586
> > Config options: 0
> >
> > Installed drivers:
> > Type 10: ALSA emulation
> >
> > Card config:
> > Sound Blaster 16 at 0x220, irq 10, dma 1&5
> >
> > Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> >
> > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> >
> > Midi devices:
> > 1: MPU-401 (UART)
> >
> > Timers:
> > 7: system timer
> >
> > Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> >
> > it says not enabled in config but I am unsure of how to enable
> > it...faq,install or rtfm'ng doesn't give any info on that...maybe that 
> is
> > where my problems lie?
>
> This says, that you have a sb16 module loaded.  How did you compile
> alsa?  I modified /etc/alsa/alsa-source.conf and ensured that my card
> was set, `grep -i card /etc/alsa/alsa-source.conf`:
> ALSA_CARDS=ens1370

I compiled alsa from src (downloaded all three *.tar.gz files namely: 
alsadriver, alsautils and alsalib) then configure alsadriver using 
./configure --with-isapnp=yes, make install, then created ./snddevices, then 
modprobe snd-card-sb16...also, I already had sound support compiled in my 
kernel...
>

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