I'm also wrestling with alsa sound....
Following the
Alsa-update - openSUSE instructions:
Code:
# zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_11.1/ multimedia
# zypper install alsa-utils alsa-tools alsa-firmware alsa-oss alsa-plugins alsa-plugins-pulse
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
No update candidate for 'alsa-utils'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-tools'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-firmware'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-oss'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-plugins'.
Resolving package dependencies...
Nothing to do.
After more digging, seems these required packages are missing...
Code:
# zypper se --details -r multimedia
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
--+------------------+------------+---------------+--------+-----------
| Last.fm | package | 1.3.2.13-1.44 | i586 | multimedia
| Last.fm | srcpackage | 1.3.2.13-1.44 | noarch | multimedia
| aldrin | package | 0.11-2.18 | noarch | multimedia
| aldrin | srcpackage | 0.11-2.18 | noarch | multimedia
| cuetools | package | 1.3.1-1.4 | i586 | multimedia
| cuetools | srcpackage | 1.3.1-1.4 | noarch | multimedia
| jost | package | 0.4.6-1.23 | i586 | multimedia
| jost | srcpackage | 0.4.6-1.23 | noarch | multimedia
i | librasqal-devel | package | 0.9.16-29.1 | i586 | multimedia
i | librasqal1 | package | 0.9.16-29.1 | i586 | multimedia
i | libredland-devel | package | 1.0.8-4.3 | i586 | multimedia
i | libredland0 | package | 1.0.8-4.3 | i586 | multimedia
i | libwavpack1 | package | 4.50.1-2.4 | i586 | multimedia
| libzzub | srcpackage | 0.2.3-5.21 | noarch | multimedia
| libzzub-devel | package | 0.2.3-5.21 | i586 | multimedia
| libzzub-plugins | package | 0.2.3-5.21 | i586 | multimedia
| libzzub0 | package | 0.2.3-5.21 | i586 | multimedia
| rasqal | package | 0.9.16-29.1 | i586 | multimedia
| rasqal | srcpackage | 0.9.16-29.1 | noarch | multimedia
i | redland | package | 1.0.8-4.3 | i586 | multimedia
| redland | srcpackage | 1.0.8-4.3 | noarch | multimedia
| schism | package | 0.4.99.2-2.14 | i586 | multimedia
| schism | srcpackage | 0.4.99.2-2.14 | noarch | multimedia
| tuxguitar | package | 1.1-4.12 | i586 | multimedia
| tuxguitar | srcpackage | 1.1-4.12 | noarch | multimedia
| wavpack | package | 4.50.1-2.4 | i586 | multimedia
| wavpack | srcpackage | 4.50.1-2.4 | noarch | multimedia
| wavpack-devel | package | 4.50.1-2.4 | i586 | multimedia
I am no zypper guru, but this seems to confirm that observation:
Code:
# zypper update -r multimedia alsa-utils alsa-tools alsa-firmware alsa-oss alsa-plugins
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
No update candidate for 'alsa-utils'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-tools'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-firmware'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-oss'.
No update candidate for 'alsa-plugins'.
Resolving package dependencies...
Nothing to do.
I have previously updated from the openSUSE update site and KDE 42, which seem to give me the following sound packages - seems strange that the version numbers are all over the place....
Code:
# rpm -qa | egrep '(alsa|libasound|pulse|gstream)'
alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4
alsa-firmware-1.0.17-1.42
libasound2-1.0.18-8.7
alsa-tools-1.0.18-1.13
alsa-driver-kmp-trace-1.0.20.20090711_2.6.27.23_0.1-1.1
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.12
java-1_6_0-sun-alsa-1.6.0.u14-0.2.1
libpulse0-0.9.14-2.2.1
alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.20.20090711_2.6.27.23_0.1-1.1
alsa-1.0.18-8.7
alsa-driver-kmp-pae-1.0.20.20090711_2.6.27.23_0.1-1.1
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.37
Any suggestions?