First on the reply-to issue... I took it out once, but I must have not saved the changes. Sorry. Do I have to take it out of all identities? I would think it only needs to be changed in the one I use for list postings. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Hopefully it won't be a problem for this message.
As for alsa-utils, someone else asked me about that, but it is not currently on my system, and when I use RpmDrake to tell me what new packages are available for install, it's not listed there either. Do I need to just download and compile from the ALSA website, or is there another source to get mdk rpms from? If I do need to get it straight from ALSA, do I need to uninstall the current ALSA-related RPMs before doing so? Thanks. Sorry I'm so clueless... Derek Jennings said: > 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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