On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thursday 12 June 2008, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> > Okay, thanks . But I just did that and it has no discernable effect >>> > on the game sounds from, for instance, >>> > konquest or kmahjongg. >>> > >>> > For that matter, neither does setting the Master control to zero on >>> > alsamixer. >>> > >>> > There must be something else I don't understand. (there's always >>> > something!) >>> >>> Did you run alsaconf to set things up, and is the correct module for >>> your sound card loaded? >>> >>> I'm a bit vague about setup (it was years ago), but I just ran alsaconf >> to see the startup window, and it looked familiar. But even running that >> much shut down the whole sound system, so I ran the whole thing. Now I'm >> having trouble getting any sound at all... >> >> The modules loaded seem right: a slew of EMU10K1 things. >> >> I guess I'll reboot and see what happens. >> >> ++ kevin >> > Well, it wasn't quite that bad. Just restarting X got back my sounds. All > of them. Including the game > sounds, whether or not I mute output in kmix. Hmph. > Okay, so I got mad and just shut down all the kmix sliders. That finally shut it up. What's really unexpected is that I get "normal" (to my low-functioning ears) sound just by turning on "wave surround". With everything else muted and all other sliders at the bottom. It appears only one control actually does anything. Double Hmph. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
