On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 08:21, Anne Wilson wrote: > 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.
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