On Thursday 08 March 2007, jpff wrote: > >>>>> "John" == John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > John> On Tuesday 06 March 2007, John ffitch wrote: > >> I was using my laptop (Suse10.2) and tried switching my microphone on > >> in alsamixer -- everything went quiet. Now I have no sound other that > >> the beeps. aplay says it is playing but silence. Audacity says it is > >> playing and silence. > >> I have done the obvious -- nothing is muted in alsamnixer; > >> re-configured the sound card; rebooted the machien. Powered it off, > >> waited and restarted -- and still silence. > >> > >> I was using the sound earlier in the day, and I NEED the sound to > >> teach my DSP class. Any ideas of (a) what happened and more > >> importantly (b) how to restore sounds? > >> > >> Machine is ThinkPadX40 > >> > >> ==John ffitch > > John> I'm guessing its an intel sound chipset. What a flaming > John> piece of crap that High Definition Audio is. > > John> Start by yast, ripping out the sound system and putting it > John> back in piece by piece. > > Yes; done that. reinstalled ALSA, sound card, etc > > Still silence > > ==John ffitch
Did you try adding yourself to the group 'audio?' That is how I resolved a problem with similar symptoms a few days ago, right after a big YOU update. Add yourself to cdrom and video while you are at it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]