cat /dev/sndstat would be the first thing I tried. Today seems to be my day to refer to howtos...:)
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.html On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Walter Tautz wrote: >I have recently suffered a mysterious failure in my sound >card that was working perfectly (es1371) and the modules >are still being loaded and I am in the audio group and >the permissions are writable etc and YET the damn thing >does not work...I should point out i am doing this with >a head set and not a amplified speaker system. mpeg123 claims >it is playing the files. I did test the headset on my radio..and >they work. Maybe pulling the sound card out and putting it in >again (possibly into another slot would work)... > > >ARe there any tools that can probe the card to see whether certain >settings have somehow been turned off??? How does a sound card actually >work... > >-walter > >ps. Annoyed that sound doesn't work.... Any references would be >appreciated. > > > -- void hamlet() {#define question=((bb)||(!bb))} Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED] that's who!