On Friday 05 Mar 2004 09:20, David B. Carter wrote: > Derek Jennings said: > > On Friday 05 Mar 2004 01:58, David B. Carter wrote: > >> Hi all, I just subscribed to the list today in hopes of finding some > >> help > >> with my problem. I'm a new Linux user who's only been playing with it > >> for > >> a couple of weeks. My first install was RedHat 9. I spent lots of time > >> reading and experimenting, and I finally got it set up pretty well > >> except > >> the sound wouldn't work. Now I just barely isntalled Mandrake 9.2 and I > >> have the same problem. > >> > >> My computer is a Dell GX1 desktop that has been upgraded to a 1Ghz > >> Celeron > >> CPU. It's got 128MB RAM, 10GB hard drive, and the sound is an onboard > >> Crystal CS4236B-KQ chip. When I start up 9.2, it says it's loading Alsa > >> 0.9.6, but, when I get into KDE, I get no sound from XMMS. KMix and > >> alsamixer both show that everything is unmuted and turned up, but no > >> sound. My problem is that I'm such a Linux newbie that I don't know > >> where > >> to go from here. > >> > >> What further info do I need to provide in order for someone to help me? > >> > >> Thanks. I feel stupid because I've read all kinds of stuff the last two > >> days trying to find and answer, but I can't seem to make much sense of > >> it. > > > > Welcome to the list. > > > > You say there is no sound in xmms, but is there other sound? > > Can you hear the KDE log on sound? > > > > The CS4236 should (I think) load the snd-4236 ALSA driver by default. > > You can confirm which driver is in use by refferring to the hardware list > > in > > Mandrake Conytrol centre. > > > > If it is just xmms affected then check the xmms output plugin > > (Right Click on xmms and select Preferences) > > Try with the ALSA output plugin. > > With some sound chips it is necessary to configure the alsa output plugin > > and > > select 'Advanced>Mmap mode disabled' > > > > If that does not work try the OSS output plugin. > > > > You might also like to try setting up your KDE sound > > In KDEControl Centre>Soubd>SoundSystem select the ALSA sound system. > > I apologize for misleading everyone, I have loaded 9.2 on two different > machines in the last 48 hours, and I must have been thinking of the other > one (which is not working either, but that another story for another day) > when I said that ALSA is loading on startup. In reality, on this machine, > my sound hardware was not automatically detected during the install, and, > therefore, there are no sound drivers being loaded at all right now. I > have some ALSA packages installed on the system, but nothing is being > loaded. > > Thanks for the suggestions so far. Any further ideas would be greatly > appreciated!
OK In that case install alsa-utils (and newt if not already installed) Then in a terminal become root (with su) and enter alsaconf A text based GUI will configure your sound modules and write a new /etc/modules.conf file for you. Alsaconf will not copy your existing nonsound module config to the new file so **it is ESSENTIAL** to make a backup first and copy the configuration of your non sound modules back again afterwards. If the sound module still does no load correctly, then I would suspect an IRQ conflict is preventing the sound hardware being identified. That might explain why it was not detected during install. derek BTW: You still have "Reply To" set in your Squirrelmail email settings. It is not necessary and is a PITA (Options>Personal Setting) -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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