On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 1:49 am, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:21:27 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > > > 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 > > A shortcut to get into init 3, su then type "init 3". Some insist > on using "inittab 3" but i dont know why when the shorter one works > for me.
As I understand it, sndconfig will not work if X is running. I thought your method left X in the background? That's why I suggested the other way. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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