On Sunday 27 January 2002 18:34, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having a very weird problem with my sound running a AMD K7 onboard > sound card, the Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI > > The problem is that even though the volume is at 100% on the controls > the audio coming out of the speakers can only just be heard. I have been > able to determine that there is nothing wrong with the speakers as they > work AOK on my Windy box. > > I have tried many things with the help of Dave Jones but still have not > been > able to solve the error. I have tried: Aumix, Timidity, CDPlayer, > Arts Builder, KDE Media Player, Midi and Karaoke Player, Midi synth, > Sound Mixer, arts control, xmms. I have also tried running the following > from a root terminal: sndconfig, kmix, gmix, umix and xmix? Three of the > *mix ones commands could not be found and the kmix, I think had a nice > GUI with all the levels showing at 80%, all the green lights are on and > one > red light on. > > There are three coloured holes on the panel which accept a 3.5mm jack > plug namely, a pink one with a mic next to it, a blue one with > headphones next to it and a green one with what looks like a speaker > next to it. I am using the blue headphones socket. > > Any ideas where the fault could be or do I need to pack it back in the > box and return it to the store and tell them I'm too fffing stupid to > own a PC?
Just a guess, but shouldn't the speakers be plugged into the green socket with the speaker next to it? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works
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