On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:11 pm, Margot wrote: > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:10, Margot wrote: > >>I used to get sound, but I had to reinstall Mandrake some months > >> ago to get the internet connection working, and I think I messed > >> up somewhere as I hadn't a clue what I was doing, because I > >> haven't had any sound since the reinstall. > >> > >>I've been fiddling with this on and off for months, reading > >> hundreds of messages in the archive and tweaking this and that, > >> but no luck yet. > >> > >>Problem has now become urgent, because I've moved furniture > >> around and I now can't listen to CDs on the stereo while sitting > >> at the computer unless I turn it up so loud it upsets the > >> neighbours! Headphone cord not long enough, so I really need to > >> be able to play CDs through the computer! > >> > >>I think I know what the problem is, but I have no idea how to fix > >> it. > >> > >>MCC thinks I have a Sound Card. I haven't. I've got something > >> called Integrated AC97 Audio. How do I get Mandrake to recognise > >> this? > >> > >>Margot > > > > The AC97 is a sound system built into the motherboard - not > > always the greatest, but workable. You might want to open a term, > > su as root, then try running /usr/sbin/sndconfig to see if it > > will properly recognise the card - if all else, you might want to > > consider actually getting a proper sound card and disabling the > > AC97 in your BIOS...sorry to say... > > > > stephen kuhn - owner > > Result: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# /usr/sbin/sndconfig > bash: /usr/sbin/sndconfig: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# > > Now what? Where did I go wrong? > > I don't see that I should need to buy a sound card - this thing, > whatever it is, used to work - until I reinstalled. > > Margot
If it used to work, it should again. Have you tried running HardDrake? If that doesn't work, to get sndconfig to work you will have to boot into init 3 - at the lilo splash hit Esc, then type linux 3. Login as root and try the command again. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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