alsaconf gave me "command not found"
I installed OSS v4, and that "almost" worked. When I went to system>>preferences>>sound and clicked the test buttons, I got the standard tone, and that was the most exciting thing.
I tried to get it to play some system wav files, but they didn't make any noise. Then I got on youtube, and still no sound.
When I tried to check the volume I got these two errors:
"The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This either means that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured."
"No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found."
Back at the sound preferences windo, I notice that there is no device selected under Default Mixer Tracks. There was nothing to select in the drop-down menu either.
I think I"m close to finally having sound though. I hope so.
Anyways, here is the output of ossinfo:
Version info: OSS 4.0 (b1016/200806162356) (0x00040003)
Platform: Linux/i686 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 (TheBelt)
Number of audio devices: 10
Number of audio engines: 14
Number of mixer devices: 1
Device objects
0: osscore0 OSS core services
1: hdaudio0 Intel HD Audio interrupts=593 (593)
HD Audio controller Intel HD Audio
Vendor ID 0x8086293e
Subvendor ID 0x1458a002
Codec 2: ALC885 (0x10ec0885/0x1458a002)
2: ossusb0 USB audio core services
Mixer devices
0: High Definition Audio ALC885 (Mixer 0 of device object 1)
Device file /dev/oss/hdaudio0/mix0, Legacy device /dev/mixer0
Priority: 10
Caps:
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-mx01
Device priority: 10
Audio devices
HD Audio play front /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcm0 (device index 0)
Legacy device /dev/dsp0
Caps: DUPLEX TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: IN/OUT
Out engine 1: 0/HD Audio play front
Available for use
Engine 2: 10/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Engine 3: 11/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Engine 4: 12/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Engine 5: 13/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au01
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 8
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio play rear /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcm1 (device index 1)
Legacy device /dev/dsp1
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: OUTPUT
Out engine 1: 1/HD Audio play rear
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au02
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio play center/LFE /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcm2 (device index 2)
Legacy device /dev/dsp2
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: OUTPUT
Out engine 1: 2/HD Audio play center/LFE
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au03
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio play side /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcm3 (device index 3)
Legacy device /dev/dsp3
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: OUTPUT
Out engine 1: 3/HD Audio play side
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au04
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio play pcm4 /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcm4 (device index 4)
Legacy device /dev/dsp4
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: OUTPUT
Out engine 1: 4/HD Audio play pcm4
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au05
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio play spdif-out /dev/oss/hdaudio0/spdout0 (device index 5)
Legacy device /dev/dsp5
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: OUTPUT
Out engine 1: 5/HD Audio play spdif-out
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001410):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_AC3 - AC3 (Dolby Digital) encoded audio
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001410):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_AC3 - AC3 (Dolby Digital) encoded audio
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au06
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,88200,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcmin0 (device index 6)
Legacy device /dev/dsp6
Caps: DUPLEX TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: IN/OUT
In engine 1: 6/HD Audio rec mix
Available for use
Engine 2: 10/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Engine 3: 11/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Engine 4: 12/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Engine 5: 13/HD Audio play front (VMIX0)
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au07
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcmin1 (device index 7)
Legacy device /dev/dsp7
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: INPUT
In engine 1: 7/HD Audio rec mix
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au08
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio rec mix /dev/oss/hdaudio0/pcmin2 (device index
Legacy device /dev/dsp8
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: INPUT
In engine 1: 8/HD Audio rec mix
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001010):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au09
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated
HD Audio rec spdifin /dev/oss/hdaudio0/spdin0 (device index 9)
Legacy device /dev/dsp9
Caps: TRIGGER MMAP
Modes: INPUT
In engine 1: 9/HD Audio rec spdifin
Available for use
Input formats (0x00001410):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_AC3 - AC3 (Dolby Digital) encoded audio
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Output formats (0x00001410):
AFMT_S16_LE - 16 bit signed little endian
AFMT_AC3 - AC3 (Dolby Digital) encoded audio
AFMT_S32_LE - 32 bit signed little endian
Device handle: PCIa0021458-0000:00:1b.0-au10
Related mixer dev: 0
Sample rate source: 0
Preferred channel configuration: Not indicated
Supported number of channels (min - max): 2 - 2
Native sample rates (min - max): 44100 - 192000 (44100,48000,96000,192000)
HW Type: Not indicated.
Minimum latency: Not indicated