trouble finding right sound driver

[jcphil]

Re: trouble finding right sound driver

I was going to try some of the things on this page, but asoundconf doesn't exist on my box. I have asoundconf-gtk, but when I try to run it, it fails because it can't find /usr/bin/asoundconf. I can't find it on Synaptic or using apt-file either. Using an up-to-date version of Karmic. So, any ideas on where I find asoundconf?

[rb0171610]

Re: trouble finding right sound driver

I was going to try some of the things on this page, but asoundconf doesn't exist on my box. I have asoundconf-gtk, but when I try to run it, it fails because it can't find /usr/bin/asoundconf. I can't find it on Synaptic or using apt-file either. Using an up-to-date version of Karmic. So, any ideas on where I find asoundconf?

I happen to know that this file is /etc/asound.conf in Ubuntu distributions. But you could find it yourself by doing the following.
First update your database (similar to indexing in Windows) with this command:

sudo updatedb

and then search for files and directories with the word asound:

sudo locate asound

or you can narrow your search only lines with the word conf as well:

sudo locate asound | grep conf

which returns :

/etc/asound.conf
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/libasound2.conf
/usr/bin/asoundconf
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.a
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.la
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
and so on ...

Most of your configuration files for hardware are stored as editable text files in the /etc directory.
The file you are looking for is /etc/asound.conf
You can edit this file from the command line with:

sudo nano /etc/asound.conf

If you are not familiar with nano, it is a terminal editor. You can view or edit text files with Nano. To open a file type nano followed by the name of the file. To save press CTRL+X. To search within a document press CTRL+W. The CTRL+ shortcut keys are listed at the bottom when you open nano.

Good Luck.

[jcphil]

Re: trouble finding right sound driver

I already tried locate many times over. There is no binary on my system called asoundconf. And nothing in apt seems to find a package that contains it.

[dibl]

Re: trouble finding right sound driver

/etc/asound.conf does not exist in a default *buntu installation. AFAIK it is deprecated for ALSA. If you change to OSS, you might need it.

[dibl]

Re: trouble finding right sound driver

There are options for Acer systems here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...sound+database

Make sure you have the PCM channel checked (open Kmix, Settings > Configure Channels, put an "x" in PCM.).

Worst case (like my Toshiba NB205), you might not be able to use an ALSA driver. In that case, OSS might work.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-sound-base

and choose OSS. Then you have to reboot.