[linux-audio-user] ALSA not working, new Debian installation

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:57:47PM +0000, Tim Beauregard wrote:
> Frank Barknecht wrote:
> | Hallo,
> | Tim Beauregard hat gesagt: // Tim Beauregard wrote:
> |>I've just installed kernel 2.6.3 on my Debian unstable system.  I am
> |>unable to make ALSA work.  The error message I see is:
> |>tim at debian:~$ play /win/My\ Music/Various/track02.cdda.wav
> |>playing /win/My Music/Various/track02.cdda.wav
> |>sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device
> | Can you run a native alsa application like aplay/arecord?
> | ciao
> Yes aplay will play a file, however there is no sound.  As I'm new to
> ALSA, I can't interpret the significance of this.

You may need to unmute and adjust the mixer levels using alsamixer.

-Eric Rz.