[vox-tech] Sound on the thinkpad [solved-ish]

Jay Strauss me at heyjay.com
Sat Sep 25 12:40:56 PDT 2004


> If the sound drivers loaded without complaining, then it's
> likely just an issue with mixer settings.  For example if
> you are using ALSA, then output is muted by default and you
> should run alsamixer.
>
> If you are not using ALSA then perhaps you should, depending
> on the hardware.  I have generally had better luck with it
> than with OSS.
>
> -- Rod

I installed alsa-base, alsa-oss, aumix

I adjusted aumix volume and got sound.  I don't know if I needed the
alsa stuff or not.  How would I know if I'm using ALSA or not?

Thanks

Jay



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