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I have installed Ubuntu Server 11.04 as a Virtual Box VM, which emulates the ICH AC97 audio controller.

mpg321 reports 'No default libao driver available'

According to this page the driver for this device can be loaded at boot time by modifying 'loader.conf', but I cannot find any such file on the system

Is the file called something else, or is it something that I need to create from scratch?

Alternatively is there another way I can get the audio drivers installed?

I am getting the same problem with version 10 Server, and also on a non VM machine with the same audio driver

Solution:

Install alsa-oss

sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

Add the user to the audio group

sudo adduser username audio

Log out and log in again

Finally run alsamixer and make sure that the master and PCM controls are not muted

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  • Have you installed the VirtualBox guest additions?
    – Alastair
    May 23, 2011 at 15:09
  • Is that possible without building the linux kernel from scratch? In any case I get the same problem on a real machine with the same audio driver
    – David Sykes
    May 24, 2011 at 6:56

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This looks like a good place to start http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ they suggest trying to run the command with sudo.

I did this with mpg321 and it no longer complained about "can't find a suitable libao driver. is device in use" but still no sound from the Virtual Box VM. Same with mplayer, under normal user, runs under sudo but no sound.

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  • From your link adding my user to the audio group after installing also-oss seems to have done the trick, thanks (no sound, but that might be a VM thing)
    – David Sykes
    May 24, 2011 at 11:55
  • Run alsamixer and make sure that the master and pcm lines are not muted
    – David Sykes
    Jun 3, 2011 at 6:05
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Install alsa-oss

sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

Add the user to the audio group

sudo adduser username audio

Log out and log in again

Finally run alsamixer and make sure that the master and PCM controls are not muted

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