Do DO servers have soundcards? If not how can I play audio?
The program 'beep' seems to run, but I don't hear anything. Where is the sound going? If I want to do work with playing midi (PortMidi) is this possible too?
2 Answers
To enable sound, you need to load a "dummy" sound card. You can do this with:
- sudo modprobe snd-dummy
After doing so, you'll notice that /proc/asound becomes populated:
$ ls /proc/asound
card0 cards devices Dummy modules pcm seq timers version
You'll also want to install alsa-base as it is not included on Ubuntu Server by default:
- sudo apt-get install alsa-base
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I've done the above, but I am still not recieving a beep notification. Can you offer any assistance?
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Interesting question.
Do you want to play a song for DO server maintenance staffs, when you accessing it remotely?
@Tony haha forgot to mention I'm trying to port the audio though X window.
@marksantolucito I don't think DO server will have any virtual sound device on it, /proc/asound is absent on my droplet.
Found this question, seems it is not answered, good luck
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/does-digital-ocean-support-pseudo-audio-device-such-as-alsa