[mythtv-users] Very confused about ALSA still, did everything right apparently still not working

[Adam Biskobing]

You may want to try symlinking libasound2.so.2 to libasound.so.2.  This 
may or may not work, depends on if they have the same library calls, but 
it's worth a try.

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Mike Miller wrote:

> I tried installing it now using this guide
> http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload
> <http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=ind
> ex&req=viewarticle&artid=541&page=1>
> &name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541&page=1
> I used the alsa-modules-2.4.16-686 which worked, everything seems ok but
> it wont start the alsamixer, I get the error 
> debian:~# alsamixer
> /usr/bin/alsamixer-0.9: error while loading shared libraries:
> libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory
>  
> I don't know what I did wrong, I have checked and I have libasound2
> installed.  Apt-get install libasound2 confirms I have the newest
> version.  However in /usr/lib there is no file libaosund2.so.2  Is there
> a way I can download it manually?  It seems to be the only thing holding
> me back at this point. 
> Any ideas on what to do about that file?  I think im actually close.
>  
> Thanks a lot
>  
>