Axalon.....whoops!! I didn't make one thing clear. Running sndconfig does
not zero the volume, it simply lowers it enough (from my previously pre-set
levels) so I can't hear it.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Problems!
> Axalon....here's some answers to your queries. I hope they help.
>
> > > 1) sndconfig does not autoidentify my card (it says it can't find a
> card).
> >
> > What model do you have?
>
> PCI128
>
> > > 2) sndconfig turns the volume down and then when it plays the sample I
> can't
> > > hear it.
> >
> > Hmm, did you do a cold boot of the machine? sndconfig should make sure
the
> > volume is reasonable however so I'll look into a patch for it
>
> no, after I used kpackage to uninstall the old files and install the new
> ones I exited KDE with a ctl-alt-f6, logged in as root and ran sndconfig.
> Since it didn't error out when playing the sample I answered yes to the
> 'did you hear' question and then logged out and used ctl-alt-f7 to return
to
> KDE, opened the volume control on the dock and set the volume to what I
> normally use (it was reset to all sliders just above the midpoint) and the
> system sounds worked fine.
>
> > > 3) sndconfig only plays one sample, the .au file of Linus' voice, but
> not
> > > the .midi file.
> >
> > can you play midi afterwards by telling it yes, does it zero that volume
> > also?
>
> yes to what? After returning to KDE I can find a .midi file in the file
> system and play it, yes.
>
> Alan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Problems!
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > > Axalon....yep, it works on my system. There are problems, but it
works
> and
> > > it works as well as the downgrade of the three packages. The problems
> that
> > > still exist are:
> > >
> > > 1) sndconfig does not autoidentify my card (it says it can't find a
> card).
> >
> > What model do you have?
> >
> > > 2) sndconfig turns the volume down and then when it plays the sample I
> can't
> > > hear it.
> >
> > Hmm, did you do a cold boot of the machine? sndconfig should make sure
the
> > volume is resonable however so i'll look into a patch for it
> >
> > > 3) sndconfig only plays one sample, the .au file of Linus' voice, but
> not
> > > the .midi file.
> >
> > can you play midi afterwords by telling it yes, does it zero that volume
> > also?
> >
> > > But all of these problems existed when I used the RedHat rpms with
> Mandrake,
> > > but neither of them existed when I installed RedHat 6.0 itself.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> >
>
