Derick: I did what you suggested: changed my window manager to xfce (very nice, I'm keeping it) and went to Settings/Settings Manager/Sound. All the controls are at 0 which tells me that the default setting is not recognizing the sound card. In the Volume Control utility I can't get it to go from headphone to PC speaker. I had the same problem with a Debian installation a while back. Maybe PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio) is an oddball among the other PM G4s.
Thanks for the response, though. Tom On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Derick Centeno wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:07:19 -0600 > Thomas Carlson <tcarl...@sharedcup.com> wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me why the sound doesn't work on my G4 PowerMac >> (digital audio) running YDL 6.2? The audio configuration utility >> says that automatic detection of its sound card does not work. Does >> this particular machine have an oddball card that doesn't work with >> snd-powermac? >> >> Tom >> __ >> Thomas Carlson >> 2319 La Senda St. >> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >> 505-603-5526 >> http://www.ifixoldmacs.com >> > Hi Thomas: > > I use xfce within YDL 6.2 on my G4 choose Settings --> Settings > Manager; then choose Sound which brings up the Volume Mixer. If you > are using e17 or something else still look for the Volume Mixer within > the available menus > > Once it is open you'll notice various switches make sure that the > appropriate ones are midrange or higher. Make sure that the option for > PC Speaker is selected otherwise sound output may be going elsewhere. > Sound should be immediately available after these changes. Also check > to make sure that your Input is Line not Mic. > > All the best... > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'