[mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound

[Craig Partin]

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:05 -0600, jl <jlambert at eml.cc> wrote:
> I spent a very long time with the same problem - 3 sound cards, 2 sets
> of speakers - even headphones!
> 
> If I remeber correctly (knew I was going to forget) I think "alsactl
> store" finally saved the mixer settings so I could get sound out of the
> speakers.  If that isn't it start looking for how to save alsa mixer
> settings.
> 
> jl
> 
> Michael Haan wrote:
> 
> >"Finished" my new myth install last night, and there's no sound.  The
> >simple explanation might be that I didn't install alsa, trying instead
> >to get it to work with just the nvidia driver.  So, I emerge'd
> >alsa-tools (it's a gentoo system) and loaded alsa
> >(/etc/init.d/alsasound start), and adjusted my sound settings using
> >alsamixer - but nothing.  Now, I don't have alsa in my "USE" flags, so
> >mayber that's it, but I'm not sure what else to try next to get this
> >working.  Anyone?
> >
> >
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If you don't have myth compiled with ALSA then you will need to have
OSS emulation.  Without the alsa use flag it it will not have native
ALSA support.  You will need the alsa module snd_intel8x0 (for nforce
boards) and snd_pcm_oss (for OSS emulation) to be loaded.

Try alsaconf and see if that gets you anywhere.  Usually works for me.

When I was setting up my gentoo myth box on nforce I read about lots
of people having trouble with the nvidia sound drivers, so I went with
ALSA.  It works beautifully on my system.  Check the gentoo wiki
how-to, one of them has options for an nforce board.