On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 08:12 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > There is no /etc/asound.state to remove. There never was. I haven't > > > been able to generate one since I've had this computer. > > > > Yeah, with alsamixer not working for you there isn't a way to get it > > configured. > > > > What happens if you just run aplay? > > > > slocate *.wav and pick one, then aplaye somefile.wav > > > > I wonder if the card is truly muted at this point? > > camille sounds # aplay KDE_Desktop5.wav > Playing WAVE 'KDE_Desktop5.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate > 22050 Hz, Mono > > I turned my speakers all the way up before I issued the command, but no > sound came out. Just the usual tiny bit of static I hear when I turn > the speaker up all the way. > > Also, when I log into GNOME I get this stupid error message box saying > that no volume control was available or something like that. Holly > Bostick said something about GNOME's included sound server might be > interfering with ALSA. Is there a way I can check for that, and if I > find it, turn it off so it's not interfering?
ps aux and look for sound stuff. I think it's called esound or esd. Something like that. You can kill it or probably stop it nicely using Gnome's configuration utilities. > > > > On other thing. Your card is rev. 3 > > > > Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition > > Audio Controller (rev 03) > > > > Richard's card is rev 4: > > > > Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition > > Audio Controller (rev 04) > > > > Possibly the Alsa developers haven't seen your revision and hence > > somethign is a bit different? That sort of thing could easily cause a > > problem if the differences are very significant. I think Richard said > > his was in a laptop. I have been assumign yours is in a desktop. This > > means (probably) that you are using different chipsets. > > Yes, mine is a desktop. It's a new card and support is probably touchy. I will not tell you (right now) how long I had to wait to get support for my HDSP 9652 as you might draw conclusions that would make you cry, and I don't think it will happen to you. ;-) Maybe after you get yours working. ;-) Cheers, Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
