[ale] Sound of Silence

[Michael B. Trausch]

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Cor van Dijk wrote:
> 
> Andrew,
> Thanks for your response. I get persistent messages from most of the
> sound devices that I fire up like this :
> 
>    "Direct access to sound device not possible,
>    No soundcard available or sound support not configured yet, etc..."
> 
> So, how would "alsactl store" help me if I am not even able to configure
> the card? I will try it anyway, because logic and consistency  are often
> in short supply in this line of work. The SuSE folks want me to jump
> through a bunch of hoops before they even will consider my problem.
> I have a cheapo soundcard lying around that I would like to try some day,
> just to see whether SuSE9.2 does any sound at all.
> Meanwhile, thanks for your interest. If I can ever get the bugger going,
> I will post the results. Cor van Dijk
> 

Sounds like the driver itself is having a problem... what make/model do
you have?  What is the result of lsmod and lspci (must execute lspci as
root, btw)?

	- Mike

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