Hi All,
I finally found a work around to fix the sound problem I have been having (i.e. no bass sound). I saw a post on the mailing lists yesterday about using the sound configuration tool within Mandrake9.0's Control Center. I ran this and then started XMMS. Hang on, XMMS won't start. The console says it a mixer problem. So I run alsamixer, alsamixer won't run so I run noatun to see if that works. It does and the sound coming out of my speakers is crystal clear.
So basically ALSA was the problem. By killing it, I can get clear bassy sound. Along with ALSA being killed, OSS and Threaded OSS support has also gone out the window. So I must be using the raw ARTS server as my sound server now. But the problems I have been having with older Mandrakes is back. Laggy sound with ocassional slowdown in some applications. It is not a biggy for me, but some games (frozen-bubble, foul-eggs, etc...) that my family like to play is a real hassle.
Thanks for all your help guys. It has been a frustrating time, but I'm glad I can now see the back of it. Hopefully when ALSA0.9_FINAL or Mandrake 9.1 (which ever comes first) is released I can try that and see if I can get that to work for me. Cheers and thanks heaps.
Craig
