[Alsa-user] Trying to get ALSA running, no luck...
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[Alsa-user] Trying to get ALSA running, no luck...
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From: Casey H. <ta...@pc...> - 2004-02-25 22:49:34
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Ok, I have been fighting this for a few days now, first trying to get WAV to work after I burn it onto a CD, and now, can't get - I think - ALSA to start/ run/install - as far as I can tell... I tried to run alsa-autoconfig - appeared to run, but not sure if it was up and running... So, Upon searching for "packages", I located alsa-utils, alsa-base, and alsadriver... I tried to apt-get install alsa-utils - which wanted to install alsa-base, and suggested alsadriver. Apt-get install of alsa-utils and alsa-base - died with the following: $ apt-get -u install alsa-utils Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: alsa-base Suggested packages: alsadriver The following NEW packages will be installed: alsa-base alsa-utils 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 477 not upgraded. Need to get 142kB of archives. After unpacking 393kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ftp2.de.debian.org testing/main alsa-utils 0.9.8-1 [91.5kB] Get:2 http://ftp2.de.debian.org testing/main alsa-base 1.0.1-1 [50.0kB] Fetched 142kB in 45s (3104B/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package alsa-utils. (Reading database ... 107361 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-utils (from .../alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/alsamixer', which is also in package knx-alsa dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Selecting previously deselected package alsa-base. Unpacking alsa-base (from .../alsa-base_1.0.1-1_all.deb) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) With these errors, I tried to install the alsadriver, which caused the following: $ apt-get -u install alsadriver Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package alsadriver is a virtual package provided by: alsa-modules-2.4.16-k7 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 alsa-modules-2.4.16-k6 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 alsa-modules-2.4.16-686-smp 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 alsa-modules-2.4.16-686 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 alsa-modules-2.4.16-586tsc 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 alsa-modules-2.4.16-586 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 alsa-modules-2.4.16-386 0.9+0beta10+1+2.4.16+1 You should explicitly select one to install. E: Package alsadriver has no installation candidate Didn't have a clue on this one, so tried the "686" one: $ apt-get -u install alsa-modules-2.4.16-686 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: alsa-base: Depends: alsa-utils but it is not going to be installed alsa-modules-2.4.16-686: Depends: kernel-image-2.4.16-686 (= 2.4.16-1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). As - I guess - this wasn't something I should have done... So, tried the alsa-base, and then alsa-utils, seperately, and as a single install... $ apt-get -u install alsa-base Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done alsa-base is already the newest version. You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: alsa-base: Depends: alsa-utils but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). $ apt-get -u install alsa-utils Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Suggested packages: alsadriver The following NEW packages will be installed: alsa-utils 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 477 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/91.5kB of archives. After unpacking 246kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 107385 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-utils (from .../alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/alsamixer', which is also in package knx-alsa dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) This time I thought the problem was in knx-alsa, so I tried a install of that: $ apt-get -u install knx-alsa Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done knx-alsa is already the newest version. You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: alsa-base: Depends: alsa-utils but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). Figuring - I need TO READ the suggestion to resolve this, I tried the suggested resolve: $ apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: alsa-utils Suggested packages: alsadriver The following NEW packages will be installed: alsa-utils 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 477 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/91.5kB of archives. After unpacking 246kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 107385 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-utils (from .../alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/alsamixer', which is also in package knx-alsa dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/alsa-utils_0.9.8-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) NOW - I'm stuck - I don't have a clue what to do - someone help me out here - I'm a noob within Linux, and other than what I have done so far, is pretty much the extent of my knowledge base. How can I resolve this, and how do I get ALSA running, and then, lastly, how do I know if ALSA is running when I get done? Thanks to ANYONE who can get me through this... Casey |
