Title: alsa.tcz
Description: alsa sound
Version: 1.0.28
Author: see list of sites below
Original-site: see list of sites below
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Size: 196KB
Extension_by: juanito/jasonw
Tags: alsa sound audio
Comments: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
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This extension contains:
alsa-lib-1.0.28 - LGPLv2.1 - http://alsa.cybermirror.org/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.28.tar.bz2
alsa-utils-1.0.28 - GPLv2 - http://alsa.cybermirror.org/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.28.tar.bz2
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From tc-5.x, it appears that loading the alsa extension is sufficient to initialise sound.
if this doesn't work, load the alsa-config extension and try:
$ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start
To test sound, use alsamixer to un-mute the master and then:
$ speaker-test [-Ddefault:1] -c2 -t wav -l1 [change default to suit for multiple cards]
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To initialize alsa there is a script that will do that.
It can be placed in /opt/bootlocal.sh so it alsa will be setup
on boot with no user interaction required. The command to do this is:
/usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start
If adding this command to bootlocal.sh, you may need
to precede it with the sleep command for it to be effective.
If you want your alsa settings to persist across reboots, use the
command "sudo alsactl store" after alsa has been set up. This stores the
configuration in /usr/local/etc/asound.state. Place this file in your backup to
allow your alsa settings to persist across sessions.
Additionally, if you first run alsaconf, the result of that will be used
by /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound instead of probing for and activating
all the soundcards found on your system. Only the card you selected in
alsaconf will be setup by alsasound upon later starting of alsasound once
alsaconf is run. To make this persist across reboots so alsasound does
not have to be run in later sessions, back up these files/directories:
opt/alsa
etc/modprobe.conf
Then add the command "/usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start" in your
/opt/bootlocal.sh file and your card should load on each boot as previously
set up by alsaconf.
ISA PnP support has been added to /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound.
It will probe and insert modules for many known ISA PnP sound cards.
Also, an option to specify which kernel module for your ISA card is
there, just enter that/those names into /opt/alsa/.alsadriver, one on
each line and only that module will be inserted without modprobing
unnecessary modules while trying to find your card.
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Change-log: 2008/11/03
Added udev alsa.rules, modified alsa.conf, removed snddevices [thanks curaga]
2008/11/05
Modified to be PPI compliant and to load oss modules
2009/02/09
2009/04/22 Added /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound script for TC 2.x
2009/04/28 Fixes to alsasound and alsaconf
2009/06/13 Updated to alsa-lib/alsa-utils 1.0.20
2009/08/22 Replaced user.tar.gz with scripting.
2009/09/29 Removed libs to the libasound extension and made it a dep.
2009/10/15 Updated alsaconf to recognize lspci in /usr/local/(s)bin.
2010/01/25 Seperated config files into own extension.
2010/02/08 Edited startup script to reload udev rules (Curaga)
2010/02/09 Re-edit startup script (Curaga)
updated 1.0.20 -> 1.0.23
2010/05/27
2010/10/17 Added ISA detection to alsasound routine
and better use of alsaconf setup.
2010/12/20 Separated out alsaconf.
2011/11/14 Separated out alsa-config config files.
2012/01/17 Updated to alsa-lib-1.0.24.1/alsa-util-1.0.24.2
2013/06/21 Updated to alsa-lib-1.0.27.1/alsa-utils-1.0.27.1
2013/08/30 modified start-up script to create /var/lib/alsa
2014/04/07 recompiled asound.state -> /usr/local/etc
Current: 2014/10_09 updated 1.0.27.1 -> 1.0.28