Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-24 Thread nunoauboulot
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:50:24 + Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] reinstalling the system is windows mentality. You shouldn't ever have to reinstall unless you've totally b0rked your disk somehow. (something like rm -rf / would be a likely candidate for reinstall...). If you're ge

Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-24 Thread nunoauboulot
I took another approach. I powered off my computer, unplugged the hard drive and plug a spare hard drive. I installed Debian in that spare hard drive, run alsaconf, and noticed that the Gnome events sounds are not distorted; under GConf, there's osssink and osssrc (respectively for audiosink a

Re: Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-24 Thread nunoauboulot
Save the list of modules before using alsaconf like so: $ lsmod > mods1 Module Size Used by snd_intel8x0 36140 3 snd_ac97_codec 69508 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss54376 0 snd_mixer_oss 19904 2 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm97480 3 sn

Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-23 Thread nunoauboulot
[...]  After closing a Gnome session or rebooting the computer, this alsaconf > results seems to be lost as I get to the starting >point (i.e. distorted > sound for Gnome events and no sound for other applications).  In other words, the work of alsaconf seem to be lost after a Gnome > session

Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-23 Thread nunoauboulot
(...) google on asound.rc and dmixer for info on that if you want. I did and didn't find anything helpful... THe lack of mixing for oss will prevent other apps from getting sound while gnome is running. I don't get this "lack of mixing for oss" since I configured alsa to take over the sound..

Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-22 Thread nunoauboulot
>> >>After I terminate the Gnome session or even restart the computer, the alsaconf setup seem to be lost as the sound condition >>reverses to the one as described prior the alsaconf with the new motherboard. > >Did you run 'alsactl store' before rebooting. Yes, and it prevented the followi

a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-20 Thread nunoauboulot
I had to replace the motherboard since it no loger works. Old motherboard: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?MenuID=26&LanID =9&DetailID=193&DetailName=Specification New motherboard: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/products_motherboard_2.cfm?pName=K7S741GXMG -6L The new mo