Alsamixer not found, no soundcards found

[Fleker]

I'm trying to run Alsamixer in Bash on Windows but it seems like I'm running into an interesting problem with it and soundcards that I can't find the answer to.

First, I installed Alsa Utils
apt-get install -y alsa-utils
gpasswd -a root audio

Then I try to open it
root@localhost:/mnt/c/Users/guest1# alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory
root@localhost:/mnt/c/Users/guest1# aplay -l
aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

I can't seem to query the soundcard on my laptop. Has anyone ever run into this problem and could offer some advice?

[Fleker]

I should note that one of the results I was investigating, http://askubuntu.com/questions/294807/ubuntu-12-04-alsamixer-not-found, referred to .asoundrc in my home directory and /etc/asound.conf. I understand the answer is for a slightly older version of Ubuntu, but neither of those files existed before or after reinstalling.

[benhillis]

Currently we do not expose hardware to the Linux subsystem. I would suggest filing a request on our user voice page so we can prioritize this work.

Thanks for trying out WSL!

[russalex]

Marking with the Feature tag to show this as a feature request.

[mobluse]

I was trying to output MIDI-sound over the network from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows to a Raspberry Pi, but it fails:
pi@LENOVO5:~$ aseqnet -v aeblapi3.lan
ALSA lib seq_hw.c:457:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file or directory
snd_seq_open: No such file or directory
[This still doesn't work in Build 14342 and Build 14352.]

If this worked then that would be a way to produce sounds for games. One could also have the sound server in Windows.

From one Pi with Lubuntu to another Pi with Raspbian Jessie this works:
pi@aeblapi6:~$ aseqnet -v aeblapi3.lan &
[1] 29002
sequencer opened: 130:0
ok.. connected

pi@aeblapi6:$ aseqdump -l
Port Client name Port name
0:0 System Timer
0:1 System Announce
14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0
128:0 Net Client Network
129:0 Net Client Network
130:0 Net Client Network
pi@aeblapi6:$ aplaymidi -p130:0 Words_FR_David.mid

[EricGT]

FYI

Also needed for MAME

MAME installs, sudo apt-get install mame, but when starting it errors out with:

ALSA lib seq_hw.c:457:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file or directory

[endolith]

@benhillis

This UserVoice instance is no longer available.

[mhelin]

Please implement the /dev/snd/seq for WSL2 kernel, it also enables the use of RTP-Midi and related MIDI network protocols.

https://fossies.org/linux/alsa-lib/src/seq/seq.c

[olawalejuwonm]

Please is there any plan for supporting this?

[7heMech]

It would be great to have MIDI support.