On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 12:29 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 08:51 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yes. I sent the output in a previous post. I don't use aplay very > > > > often, but I believe that the output it gave was the output it's > > > > supposed to give on a working sound system, except that there was no > > > > sound coming out of the speakers. I checked and the speakers are turned > > > > on and plugged into the PC and I turned the volume all the way up before > > > > running aplay and still didn't hear the wav file. > > > > > > I'm really hesitant to mention this one, but others have done it and > > > so have I oncce or twice. Are you sure you have the speakers plugged > > > into the right output from the motherboard? Normally it's the green > > > one in the middle. > > > > > > Also, there was a time when the Intel 810 was senting output out on > > > some other plug on a couple of machines. Try the headphone output plug > > > as well as the speaker output plug. > > > > > > - Mark > > > > > > > I have my speakers plugged into the headphone jack on the front of the > > case. That's the only way I could get sound out of them in Windows XP. > > Seems like a reasonable thing, based on the Windows results, but I am > not the least bit confident that this will work with Alsa. > > Can you test again using back panel connectors? What motherboard it > this? Or what machine? Is it somethign you built or is it like a Dell > or some other prebuilt machine. > > One downside to Dell machines is that htey are SO tightly tied in with > Intel that they often are very leading edge hardware. Good for > Windows, if the drivers are ready, and Dell has enough pull to make > sure they are, but not a good thing when you get to be an early Linux > adopter. > > Anyway, please, please try workign with the back panel connectors and > let me know what motherboard we are talking about. > > - Mark >
BTW you asked if this was one I built or some other prebuilt machine. It's a NobelView P4 with a few changes I requested. The sound card was supposed to be a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live, but it's not. I have no idea what it is, but it's not an SB Live... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
