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My sound does not seem to be working with DSL. When DSL boots up, it seems to recognize that it's there, but when I try to play something in XMMS, it returns an error message saying it cant open the audio. It says to check that I have the correct output plugin, no other programs are blocking the soundcard, and the soundcard is configured properly. Also, the little volume control at the bottom right of the screen doesnt show up on that computer. I also tried getting it to work on Knoppix 3.4, but still couldnt. Why wont it work?

On bootup, it says i have an Intel Corp. I82801EB AC'97 Audio Controller driver=i810_audio

Any help would be appreciated.

The solution is simple:

Insert knoppix 3.4 disk into drive and boot the computer.

At the boot prompt type:

knoppix alsa

or

knoppix26 alsa

if you want to use the new 2.6.5 kernel option.

Your audio chipset is supported by the ALSA sound system.

Unfotunately, ALSA is not included in the DSL distribution so you would have to do a hard disk install and then install the ALSA packages to your computer before you could get your sound to work.

If you want to run knoppix with the Window Manager that is used by dsl, you can boot with the:

knoppix26 alsa desktop=fluxbox

Hope this helps.

Would you happen to know what kind of package ALSA is, and would I be able to remaster a CD that already has ALSA on it?

Oh, and I'd like to stick with DSL because its so much faster, especially when using the toram option

First, make sure that ALSA really works with your computer. The chipset is supported, but it is always a good idea to test it before undergoing the installation.

ALSA is available as a Debian package. Unfortunately, it is compiled for a specific kernel version and I am pretty sure that the Debian kernels are not the same as the DSL one.

However, if you are persistent you could do one of the following:

(1) Do a hard disk install. Do a dpkg-restore to enable apt and/or install Synaptic. Then install the development stuff like gcc. Search the forums for more details. Then you can download the source and compile. You may need the kernel sources too, so this could be a major effort.

(2) Get a copy of the exact version of knoppix that DSL was created from and manually copy the files over to your DSL installation. DSL version 0.6.x series and version 0.7.x series is based on knoppix 3.3 date 9/24/2003
Or you could wait until DSL version 0.8 comes out soon as it is going to be based on knoppix 3.4

FYI, you cannot use the 'toram' option with a full hard disk installation of DSL.

HTH

Sounds like a lot of work for my lazy mind, but I'll check it out. Thanks for the help. But is it necessary to do a HD install?

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