[CM] snd, config

[rm at tuxteam.de]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:45:56PM +0100, Ren? Bastian wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I installed 'snd' on a new computer, Debian 6.0,
> but there is no sound output :
> 
> $ snd fpoly1.wav 
> error message ----------------------------------
> Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
> Cannot connect to server socket
> jack server is not running or cannot be started

So jack is not running. IMHO it would be best to set up jackd on
your box - you'll be rewarded with excellent audio performance.

> can't play : open read /dev/dsp: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
>   [audio.c[576] linux_audio_open_with_error]can't play: no audio
> supportcan't play: no audio support

Hmm, here snd is trying to use OSS - pretty much outdated on modern
distributions/kernels. But why no alsa? Did you compile snd without
alsa support?  Note: On a Debian system you need to have libasound2-dev
installed, otherwise there won't be alsa support.
I don't think it's an alsa problem, but you can test alsa support in
your kernel with:
 
 $ aplay -l

This should list all alsa output devices.
To test for the precence of alsa development files, run:

 $ pkg-config --modversion alsa

HTH Ralf Mattes