From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DsTDq-0002Vh-4h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:27:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6CMPKZT017295; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:25:20 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6CML2n8019841 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:21:03 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain (ool-4355e59d.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.229.157]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6CMLvjq018162 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:21:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 2A1374F54B; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:21:52 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I think I messed up USE flag by using -alsa as Gnome has no sound References: <002c01c586ad$a6f0a4a0$0800a8c0@ECRM> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:21:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <002c01c586ad$a6f0a4a0$0800a8c0@ECRM> (Richard Watson's message of "Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:48:01 +1000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 3cb5b252-287a-43b7-9f92-bbe164761840 X-Archives-Hash: b5611cf9b7ed83161d505494d942b276 At Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:48:01 +1000 Richard Watson wrote: >>> Have you loaded the newly-compiled alsa driver modules for your sound >>> card, run alsaconf and unmuted the mixer via alsamixer? >>> Holly > > Hi again - I tried > # emerge -s alsa > and got loads of output. Would you know what the correct emerge command is > for the alsa driver modules? Does alsaconf come as part of the driver > install? > > I had installed alsamixer (with -alsa ...) earlier and it loads a blank > interface with no controls at all. > > At this stage I'm doing > # emerge --update --ask --deep --verbose --newuse --tree world One of my favorite commands. > as setting alsa on is asking quite few items to want to recompile. For me, the key to sound was adding "gstreamer" to USE (and then running one of my favorite commands). I use gnome. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list