From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shawmail.shawcable.com ([64.59.128.220] helo=bpd2mo1no.prod.shawcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19PbF6-0006fk-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:00:21 -0400 Received: from bpd2mi1no.prod.shawcable.com (bpd2mi1no-qfe3.prod.shawcable.com [10.0.184.120]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HG900HSD1VBGK@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:59:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: from nomad.shawcable.com ([24.70.172.254]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HG9002S21VA05@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:59:35 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 23:58:09 +0200 From: Doug Subject: Re: alsa problems In-reply-to: <01e001c32f0b$d84d5bc0$6401a8c0@attbi.com> X-Sender: wearable@mail.shawcable.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030609235340.02287700@mail.shawcable.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed References: Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Seth, > it's not alsa since I've not installed that yet > modprobe for the snd-pcm-oss and so on, modprobe reports > that it can't find that module. snd-pcm-oss is part of alsa, it's the oss emulation. So it makes sense that this modules isn't found if you haven't installled alsa yet. It's a bit confusing because linux uses OSS as its native driver, however you need to load the driver for your sound card ... for example sb for soundblaster. How about install alsa? -- Doug