Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO

Valentijn Sessink valentyn@alsa-project.org

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Acknowledgments
• 1.2 Revision History
• 1.3 New versions of this document
• 1.4 Feedback
• 1.5 Distribution Policy

2. Before you start

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 General information about the ALSA drivers
• 2.3 Supported hardware
• 2.4 Other HOWTO's

3. How to install ALSA sound drivers

• 3.1 What you need
• 3.2 Getting the drivers
• 3.3 Extracting
• 3.4 Compiling
• 3.5 Preparing the devices

4. Loading the driver

• 4.1 Inserting with modprobe
• 4.2 Which module for which card?
• 4.3 modprobe for drivers without auto-probing
• 4.4 The kerneld approach
• 4.5 Backwards compatibility

5. Testing and using

• 5.1 The /proc filesystem
• 5.2 The mixer
• 5.3 The /dev/snd/ devices
• 5.4 Additional information

6. Tips and Troubleshooting

• 6.1 Compiling the driver
• 6.2 Loading the driver
• 6.3 Driver loaded... but no sound
• 6.4 General suggestions
• 6.5 Bug reports
• 6.6 Tip: playing CD's
• 6.7 Tip: installing the MIDI serial driver
• 6.8 Tip: new kernel? New modules!
• 6.9 Tip: KDE and ALSA drivers
• 6.10 Tip: use the ALSA devices
• 6.11 Tip: removing all modules