On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 14:45 +0100, Clayton wrote: > > > >> >> When I login the desktop icon for the volume control has a red X. > > > >> When > > > >> >> I click on it I get the following error message: "This volume > > > >> >> control > > > >> >> did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means > > > >> either > > > >> >> you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed or that you > > > >> don't > > > >> >> have a sound card configured." > > > >> >> > > > >> >> The YaST sound configuration window shows that the ESS1988 Allegro-1 > > > >> was > > > >> >> configured as sound card number 0. It also lists the driver as > > > >> >> snd_maestro3. So that seems like the card is being found. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> Most bizarre to me is that in the login window when my cursor is in > > > >> the > > > >> >> empty field in which to type my user name, I can hit the backspace > > > >> key > > > >> >> and get a healthy beep out of the speakers as if the sound card is > > > >> >> correctly configured and ready to work and somehow the login process > > > >> >> disrupts that, because after logging in I can get no sound > > > >> >> whatsoever > > > >> >> out of the speakers. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> I'm looking for any suggestions and I'm willing to provide any > > > >> >> information that would be helpful. Please remember that I am > > > >> something > > > >> >> of a beginner, so please try to keep that in mind when advising me. > > > >> >> Thank you. > > > This all sounds VERY familiar... just as an experiment, log in as your > regular user (the one with no sound). Start up YAST, and go to the > User admin. Add your user to the Audio group and save the changes. > Log out and log back in again. > > If you now have sound, then this is a resurfacing of a problem I and > others had with 10.2. Adding your user to the Audio group is not the > solution to the problem... it is only a workaround. > > If you don't have sound, go back into YAST and remove the audio group > from your user (just so things are back to the way they were before > you experimented) > > C. Dear Clayton:
You seem to assume that I can get sound as root, but I cannot. Nevertheless, I attempted what you suggested, and it did not solve the problem. I am also confused that running aplay seems to indicate that my sound card is a MPU 401 UART device, not the main sound card. I'm open to any other suggestions, but may try a re-install using the KDE version if nothing else works. Gene -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
