Mandriva alsa how to install

OK, by now you should know the drill. I'm going to install a popular, easy-to-use Linux distribution, complete with text instructions and images. Like before, I will use install it as a virtual machine using VMware Server. A very, very short introduction is in order. Mandriva was once known as Mandrake, but due to copyright bickering over the name, it was changed to Mandriva. Like most popular distributions, Mandriva gears toward either KDE or Gnome desktops, although it supports a range of others.

It is unique in using its own wrapper for package management, called urpmi and programs known as Drakes. You can read more about Mandriva on Wikipedia. First, this article builds on the concepts and ideas presented in my other Linux-related articles. I warmly recommend that you spend some extra time reading them BEFORE you start with this article, as I might omit some details that I have already extensively written about before.

If you have read the other articles and hopefully did the installations yourself , you should not have any problems with this article - or might not even need it. However, if this article is your first encounter with Linux, you might have some questions that are answered elsewhere.

Namely, for full step-by-step tutorials into the installation of some other Linux distributions, you should read:. Shame, though, with all the OpenSource power behind it, Linux sound support still badly lags behind the other two platforms I mentioned.

I have to agree. Nothing worked right. But if I had to build it and configure it by myself for RH8, it would again be a big hassle. On BeOS indeed, if your hardware is supported by installed drivers, you have to do nothing. The OS will autodetect the card and load the right driver on the fly. Simple stuff. I have been looking everywhere for a good How-to on Alsa for debian…. I realy can not wait until I can compile a 2. I am currently running a SuSE 8. This works just fine. The card is recognized and configured automatically by the suse hardware detection.

But I can not find any kde programs that support multiple sound cards. What I would like is an application that lets me mix several sound streams and pan them between the two soundcards like a mixer for DJs. Is there a KDE program that supports this???? Yes, Alsa is a apt-get -f install on most Redhat versions. You might have to edit one file add a few lines with a cut and paste from a zillion examples on the web and then at the most run a couple of commands to get the old modules out and modprobe the new module.

But turned on by default? Sound support has not been a real issue for me if I accept what the install gives me. Its when I go mucking with it by hand that things get messed up. It makes no sense to complain about ALSA being hard to install.

ALSA is a very nice audio layer, and certain drivers like the Creative Labs ones are quite full featured and powerful. And, thanks to preempt, audio latency is great as well. Being hard to use just means it lags behind in the ease of use department, not necessarily in other areas. Ease of use is just one factor in the quality of a piece of software, not the only factor. It saves time. I wasted massive amounts of time trying to find other ways to do it. Roll your own! Alsa has been backported to 2.

Download it and apply it to a stock 2. Compiling 2. Basically the bleeding edge kernels needs massaging until they compile. Also needed to add an extra include to ipv4. As for ALSA being difficult to setup. It is not ready for primetime, meaning an average Linux user will not be able to install it, not without reading some docs at least. Use lsmod to check the installed modules and rmmod to uninstall. Then modprobe the new modules.

See Troubleshooting for other solutions. Kernel 2. Note : These next lines are valid for a machine with one SB Live!. For your settings, see the ALSA sound card matrix details for your soundcard! If everything worked out correctly, you can now use your sound card!

So, first of all, adjust your soundcards volume levels. All mixer channels are muted by default. You must use a native mixer program to unmute appropriate channels, e.

Note : Some soundcards don't utilise the alsamixer program so you will need to learn how to use the amixer program. Unmute the 'Master' and 'PCM' levels and pull them up, also look for a "Headphone" slider, and if it exists pull that up as well - if everything worked out, you should be able to playback music now.

If not, check out the 'Troubleshooting' section. Some special problems are listed here: If playback still doesn't work after installation and programs give errors like 'Can't open default sound device! Category : Installation.