[linux-audio-user] no sound card

[mchristoph.eckert at t-online.de]

> But I have two questions :
> (1) How it's possible to verify that ALSA is enabled or
> not in the kernel ?

If you want to know if alsa is already running on your system do
'cat /proc/asound/version' or 'cat /proc/asound/cards'

If this fails, maybe it is installed but not loaded. Try executing
/etc/init.d/alsa status as root.

If this fails, then your system is not running ALSA-lib. Besides
the kernel options (see below), you need to install and add
alsa-lib to your boot sequence.

If you're familiar with kernel building, see the kernel config.
Disable OSS and enable ALSA. Do not forget to enable snd-usb-audio.
And disable Drivers/usb/usb-midi and usb-audio (both are OSS
drivers which otherwise will conflict with the ALSA snd-usb-audio
module).


Best regards

> (2) The package alsa-utils is installed, I have all the
> commands 
> described in the REAME (amixer aplay) but not alsaconf.
> Is this command replaced by another command ?
> 
> I don't understand why my soundcard is not detected at
> boot by kudzu :
> Following toshiba specifications, the Sound Chip is on
> ISA BUS.
> 
> 	Best regards
> 
> 
> 
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