On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 9:22 am, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > On Tuesday 29 July 2003 03:45, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Monday 28 July 2003 08:44 am, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > > > On Monday 28 July 2003 02:19, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > On Sunday 27 July 2003 08:07 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > > alsamixergui might save you. If not, i'm not sure what to > > > > > do about aumix not running. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe delete ~/.aumixrc ? > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, once you get that sorted out, here is what i did to > > > > > make my sound work for my first install (the second time i > > > > > installed it worked from the start...): > > > > > > > > > > 0. Run and save kmix > > > > > > > > > > 1. Run the aumix gui (i just type aumix at the cl) > > > > > 2. Under Mute, "Mute All" is checked (despite the sliders > > > > > being non-zero). > > > > > Click "Mute All" to uncheck it (this will actually > > > > > mute all: the sliders all go to zero) > > > > > 3. Now go back and reselect mute all (the sliders then all > > > > > go back to non-zero values) > > > > > 4. Save settings > > > > > > > > > > 5. Sound should now work, try alsamixergui if not > > > > > > > > > > IF you're running ALSA drivers: > > > > > > > > > > after installing the alsa-utils, i ran alsactl store (as > > > > > root) and rebooted. Sound worked on bootup w/o fiddling... > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:22:25 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > After I installed 9.1 a while ago, I used aumix to > > > > > > uncheck Mute All, and the sound worked. Next time I > > > > > > booted it was check on again. I unchecked it, saved, > > > > > > quit aumix, started it again and it was ckecked again. > > > > > > Went round and round with aumix with no luck. NOW it > > > > > > won't even come up. Run from KDE as user the hour glass > > > > > > just spins about 20 times and then goes away. Run from > > > > > > konsole as me or as root and the prompt just reappears. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can I get rid of this POC and use something else to > > > > > > configure sound? > > > > > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > I uninstalled aumix and installed alsamixergui and > > > > alsamixser. When either is run I get the following: > > > > > > > > "function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or > > > > directory" > > > > > > > > Something is missing, but I don't yet speak linux! > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > What is the output of '/sbin/lsmod | grep snd-'? > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > -Frans > > > > /sbin/lsmod | grep snd- > > produces nothing but another prompt!! > > > > Mike > > Ok, there is no ALSA driver loaded. What's the output of > 'less /etc/modules.conf | grep sound'? You should get > 'alias sound-slot-0 <module_name>'. Then you can check with > '/sbin/lsmod | grep <module_name>' if the driver is loaded. > > HTH, > > -Frans
The Audigy card doesn't use alsa, and the SBLive5.1 card had a lot of problems with also under 9.0. I don't know what the situation is with it now, but does HardDrake say which driver it recommends? Anne
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