asoundconf is dead, long live asoundconf!

[Tumpster]

craig@craig-desktop:~$ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
Live
craig@craig-desktop:~$ asoundconf set-default-card Live
craig@craig-desktop:~$ asoundconf
Usage:
asoundconf is-active
asoundconf get|delete PARAMETER
asoundconf set PARAMETER VALUE
asoundconf list

Convenience macro functions:
asoundconf set-default-card PARAMETER
asoundconf reset-default-card
asoundconf set-alsa
asoundconf unset-alsa
asoundconf set-oss PARAMETER
asoundconf unset-oss

craig@craig-desktop:~$ asound-gtk
asound-gtk: command not found
craig@craig-desktop:~$ asoundconf-gtk
/home/craig/.themes/Darker theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:50: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/craig/.themes/Darker theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:51: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/craig/.themes/Darker theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:52: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
You need to make sure asoundconf is active!
By default, asoundconf's configuration file is ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf
and must be included in ~/.asoundrc. Open this file to make sure it is!
craig@craig-desktop:~$

[Ghost|BTFH]

Well, you almost got through it...

asoundconf is-active

Is actually a command you need to type into the terminal, just in case you didn't know this.

Aside from that, it looks like everything's working just fine. Unless you haven't set asoundconf as active (like the above command does) and you haven't restarted your desktop, I really can't imagine what the issue is.

Also, just to note - your asoundconf did not show any other sound card. Either you don't have it plugged in at the moment, or there's a serious issue.

Cheers,
Ghost

[Tumpster]

Well, you almost got through it...

asoundconf is-active

Is actually a command you need to type into the terminal, just in case you didn't know this.

Aside from that, it looks like everything's working just fine. Unless you haven't set asoundconf as active (like the above command does) and you haven't restarted your desktop, I really can't imagine what the issue is.

Also, just to note - your asoundconf did not show any other sound card. Either you don't have it plugged in at the moment, or there's a serious issue.

Cheers,
Ghost

Yeah I turned the onboard back on now. But I input this and got this response:
craig@craig-desktop:~$ asoundconf is-active
File "/usr/bin/asoundconf", line 53
needs_oss_dev = '''You have omitted a necessary parameter. Please specify an OSS device (e.g., /dev/dsp).
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
craig@craig-desktop:~$

[Ghost|BTFH]

Do you not have ALSA-OSS?

Make sure you have that installed and give it another go.

[Yellow Pasque]

This will also help you run "Pulse-less": https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/ppa

[Ghost|BTFH]

This will also help you run "Pulse-less": https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/ppa

I don't think his issue is going pulse-less, I think he just didn't have everything he needed installed when he set up ALSA.

[Tumpster]

craig@craig-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
alsa-oss is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.31-16 pidgin-data linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
craig@craig-desktop:~$

[Ghost|BTFH]

I'm honestly at a loss Tumpster.

At this point, it's a guessing game...okay, it's asking to set a device for oss...

What if we did...

asoundconf set-oss Live

and see if that works?

[Tumpster]

craig@craig-desktop:~$ asounconf-gtk
No command 'asounconf-gtk' found, did you mean:
Command 'asoundconf-gtk' from package 'asoundconf-gtk' (universe)
asounconf-gtk: command not found
craig@craig-desktop:~$ asoundconf-gtk
/home/craig/.themes/Darker theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:50: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/craig/.themes/Darker theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:51: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/craig/.themes/Darker theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:52: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/asoundconf", line 49, in <module>
needs_default_card = Live
NameError: name 'Live' is not defined
You need to make sure asoundconf is active!
By default, asoundconf's configuration file is ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf
and must be included in ~/.asoundrc. Open this file to make sure it is!

[Ghost|BTFH]

Okay, again...let's do what it says.

gedit ~/asoundrc.asoundconf

Make sure Live is set as the default card. If you don't have anything written in the file, then for some reason, you don't have things fully set up.

Cheers,
Ghost