Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?
daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, skinky wrote: Just a guess, but shouldn't the speakers be plugged into the green socket with the speaker next to it? skinky skinky, As a matter of fact you're correct. the line out for the speakers should be placed in the green plugin on the sound card. Great, that is where it is plugged but the volume is still very low and the unamplified speakers are turned to 100% in the KDE sound mixer. I have had suggestions regarding getting some amplified speakers but surely these should work? Comments as I currently have sound but at a VERY LOW volume? -- === Hylton Conacher on KDE 2.1.1 on kernel 2.4.3-20mdk#1 Registered Linux user # 229959 on Mandrake 8 on an i686 (AMD 1 Ghz K7 mobo Licenced Windows user === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?
On Thursday 21 March 2002 07:41 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, skinky wrote: Just a guess, but shouldn't the speakers be plugged into the green socket with the speaker next to it? skinky skinky, As a matter of fact you're correct. the line out for the speakers should be placed in the green plugin on the sound card. Great, that is where it is plugged but the volume is still very low and the unamplified speakers are turned to 100% in the KDE sound mixer. I have had suggestions regarding getting some amplified speakers but surely these should work? Comments as I currently have sound but at a VERY LOW volume? Hylton: There's a jumper on some sound cards to select/deselect the card's internal amplifier. IIRC, the default setting is to bypass the card's amplifier on the assumption that the speakers contain their own amplifier. Otherwise, there will be some very loud pops during power on. HTH -- -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, skinky wrote: 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 skinky, As a matter of fact you're correct. the line out for the speakers should be placed in the green plugin on the sound card. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 - 9:05pm up 5 days, 22:45, 3 users, load average: 0.37, 0.33, 0.27 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?
On Monday 28 January 2002 23:49, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: The man's a genius, sort of! I had the speakers plugged into the headphones socket and sweet nothing was coming from the speakers. At least with the correct hole chosen I can just hear the sound, if I hold the speaker to my ear. Well sounds like you're getting there... umm... I would try running sndconfig again and then open kmix and check the volume settings. The only red light (mute) in kmix should be on microphone. Now that you've got sound, albeit very low volume, check the mailing list archives as I recall others had very low volume and they did find a solution. Good luck skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?
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? -- == Hylton Conacher on KDE Registered Linux user # 229959 on Mandrake 8 on an AMD 1 Ghz K7 Licenced Windows 95 user More hardware info on request == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
