At Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:00:08 +0400 Andrew Tchernoivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>The first tab is devices. They are all set to autodetect and when I >>press test on the three playback devices, I do hear sound. >> >>The second tab is sounds. When I click on any of the "Play" boxes >>*no* sound is produced. The corresponding files are present and I >>am in the audio group. > > I have the same problem, but I didn't install gnome-audio package (I just > don't need system sounds). Try to test sounds > using Applications -> Sound&Video -> MoviePlayer. I don't have any movies so I tried CD-player and the only thing it can do is eject the cd. It doesn't even list the tracks. So it seems I have 2 problems. Unable to play system sounds and inability to recognize audio CDs The physical cd drive (actually DVD+-RW) does work. If I place a data disk in, I can mount it. thanks for your help, allan > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have not been able to get alsasound working on my gentoo-gnome >> system. >> >> I followed the gentoo guide and did make progress. >> From the main (foot) menu, system --> preference --> sound >> produces a dialog box with three tabs. >> >> The first tab is devices. They are all set to autodetect and when I >> press test on the three playback devices, I do hear sound. >> >> The second tab is sounds. When I click on any of the "Play" boxes >> *no* sound is produced. The corresponding files are present and I >> am in the audio group. >> >> The machine is a dell optiplex 845. Lspci shows >> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) >> HD Audio Controller (rev 02) >> >> I have the following kernel options set >> >> # >> # Sound >> # >> CONFIG_SOUND=m >> >> # >> # Advanced Linux Sound Architecture >> # >> CONFIG_SND=m >> CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m >> CONFIG_SND_PCM=m >> CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m >> CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m >> CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y >> CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m >> CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m >> >> # >> # PCI devices >> # >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ATIHDMI=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=y >> CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=y >> >> Any advice/help would be appreciated >> thanks, >> allan >> -- >> [email protected] mailing list >> >> -- [email protected] mailing list
