On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:51 pm, Margot wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:11 pm, Margot wrote: > >>Stephen Kuhn wrote: > >>>On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:10, Margot wrote: > >>>>I used to get sound, but I had to reinstall Mandrake some > >>>> months ago to get the internet connection working, and I think > >>>> I messed up somewhere as I hadn't a clue what I was doing, > >>>> because I haven't had any sound since the reinstall. > >>>> > >>>>I've been fiddling with this on and off for months, reading > >>>>hundreds of messages in the archive and tweaking this and that, > >>>>but no luck yet. > >>>> > >>>>Problem has now become urgent, because I've moved furniture > >>>>around and I now can't listen to CDs on the stereo while > >>>> sitting at the computer unless I turn it up so loud it upsets > >>>> the neighbours! Headphone cord not long enough, so I really > >>>> need to be able to play CDs through the computer! > >>>> > >>>>I think I know what the problem is, but I have no idea how to > >>>> fix it. > >>>> > >>>>MCC thinks I have a Sound Card. I haven't. I've got something > >>>>called Integrated AC97 Audio. How do I get Mandrake to > >>>> recognise this? > >>>> > >>>>Margot > >>> > >>>The AC97 is a sound system built into the motherboard - not > >>>always the greatest, but workable. You might want to open a > >>> term, su as root, then try running /usr/sbin/sndconfig to see > >>> if it will properly recognise the card - if all else, you might > >>> want to consider actually getting a proper sound card and > >>> disabling the AC97 in your BIOS...sorry to say... > >>> > >>>stephen kuhn - owner > >> > >>Result: > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# /usr/sbin/sndconfig > >>bash: /usr/sbin/sndconfig: No such file or directory > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# > >> > >>Now what? Where did I go wrong? > >> > >>I don't see that I should need to buy a sound card - this thing, > >>whatever it is, used to work - until I reinstalled. > >> > >>Margot > > > > If it used to work, it should again. Have you tried running > > HardDrake? > > I'm not sure I know what you mean by "running" HardDrake - I've had > a look at MCC Sound section, which goes into great detail about the > sound card that I haven't got, but there doesn't seem to be an > option to delete or change this. Am I looking in the wrong place? > No, you are in the right place. There are two buttons on the right hand side - one of those puts you into a sort of Expert mode which will allow you to select your card. There are warnings about knowing what you are doing, but since you do know what you've got you should be OK.
> > If that doesn't work, to get sndconfig to work you will have to > > boot into init 3 - at the lilo splash hit Esc, then type linux 3. > > Login as root and try the command again. > > > > Anne > > Just tried this. Result: "command not found". > > I don't understand this - how can a command be "not found"? I could > understand it if it said it couldn't RUN the command, but how could > I have LOST a command? As I understand it, sndconfig only works with some types of sound card, mainly isa ones, I think. Maybe it was not installed if it seemed irrelevant. Try the MCC way first. If that doesn't work, we'll have to look into this one again. FWIW, I don't have a /usr/sbin/sndconfig either. Like Ed, I'm inclined to think that it may not be installed. But then it's not under the alphabetical list of packages installable, at least under that name. Help, Ed? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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