Sound problem in debian

**jama211** · 01-02-2006

I have debian sarge 3.1 and whenever i try to open a sound file or play a movie or anything like that, there is no sound.

i did manage to get some system sounds to play for some reason (like little wav files), but anything else all i get is a horrible squeaking crackling buzzing noize or that is has a problem with /dsp.

I apologise for being vague but any ideas would be appreciative.

Jama211.

**Vergil83** · 01-02-2006

first, what are you using for sound, OSS, ALSA, etc.....

what kernel are you using (2.4, 2.6)..... you can determine this using

Code:

uname -a

**jama211** · 01-03-2006

i am using kernel 2.4.

how do you determine what you are using for sound?

**Vergil83** · 01-03-2006

if you are using 2.4, then you are using oss

take a look at http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sho...18&postcount=2

The reason I suggest switching to alsa, is because it has much better support

**jama211** · 01-03-2006

so basically i could either install alsa modules or just upgrade to kernel 2.6.

I was thinking of upgrading the kernal anyway so i might try that.

Should i upgrade?

**Vergil83** · 01-03-2006

I would upgrade.... I am using 2.6 kernel

you can upgrade by doing

Code:

apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-blah

You can find the different names kernel-image-2.6

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