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Does Digital Ocean support Pseudo Audio Device such as Alsa

Posted on May 24, 2014

If it is supported, could someone please help me to set it up?

I can’t get ALSA installed in my digital ocean.



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We do support ALSA. What steps have you tried to install ALSA and what OS are you using?

Hi <br> <br>I am installing using apt-get install alsa-base <br> <br>Linux version 3.5.0-48-generic (buildd@aatxe) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1) ) #72-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 10 23:18:29 UTC 2014 <br>root@ubuntu-test:~# cat /etc/ <br>Display all 216 possibilities? (y or n) <br>root@ubuntu-test:~# cat /etc/*-release <br>DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu <br>DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10 <br>DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal <br>DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=“Ubuntu 12.10” <br>NAME=“Ubuntu” <br>VERSION=“12.10, Quantal Quetzal” <br>ID=ubuntu <br>ID_LIKE=debian <br>PRETTY_NAME=“Ubuntu quantal (12.10)” <br>VERSION_ID=“12.10” <br>root@ubuntu-test:~# lsmod <br>Module Size Used by <br>parport_pc 32689 1 <br>ppdev 17074 0 <br>lp 17760 0 <br>parport 46346 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp <br>snd_mixer_oss 22415 0 <br>snd_seq_midi 13325 0 <br>snd_rawmidi 30513 1 snd_seq_midi <br>snd_seq_midi_event 14900 1 snd_seq_midi <br>snd_seq 61555 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event <br>snd_timer 29426 1 snd_seq <br>snd_seq_device 14498 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq <br>snd 78921 5 snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device <br>soundcore 15048 1 snd <br>floppy 69453 0 <br>root@ubuntu-test:~# apt-get install alsa-base <br>Reading package lists… Done <br>Building dependency tree
<br>Reading state information… Done <br>alsa-base is already the newest version. <br>0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. <br>root@ubuntu-test:~# <br> <br> <br>The psuedo audio device is still not installed.

It looks like it’s installed properly. What are you trying to run that’s not working?

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