Difference between revisions of "Enable Sound"

Revision as of 15:57, 4 June 2012

As of 04/06/2012 sound remains experimental in the RPi and the alpha driver is under development.

Resources

http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Sound

Getting Sound Going

install sound utilies

sudo apt-get install alsa-utils

load the sound driver

sudo modprobe snd_bcm2835

test sound

sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
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== permanently load the sound driver ==

to load the sound driver every boot add it to config file
<code> /etc/modules </code>

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sudo nano /etc/modules

add snd_bcm2835 to the end of the file.

The sound driver will be loaded at boot time.