Re: [PLUG] sound card troubles

[Adam Schaible <taxindeath@yahoo.com>]

I agree with Ramesh, before you do anything else check
the mixer. Your problems could be over in just a few
minutes. But if you're still having trouble... well I
had sound problems when I uprgaded to mandrake 8.1 a
few months ago. I talked to a bunch of people (thanks
PLUG for helping out) and what worked for me was
installing ALSA sound drivers - get the source and
docs at www.alsa-project.org. I found ALSA to be a
qualitative improvement over the OSS/Free drivers I
had used in previous installs. I didn't have to
recompile my kernel to install ALSA, I just compiled
the drivers as modules then edited /etc/modules.conf
(it took a couple tries to get this right) and I was
all set. 

However - I could not get the mixer program for ALSA
(amixer) working right so I downloaded the RPM for
aumix, a mixer with little gtk widgets that runs in X.
It does have dependencies so keep an eye open. You can
find it on Cooker... Aumix works really well and I
would recommend it even for people who don't use ALSA.

Adam Schaible
Conshohocken, PA

--- Naresh Reddy <nyg102@psu.edu> wrote:
> what mp3 program are you using to play your mp3s?
> And is there a program
> you are using when you play your music CDs? Your
> mixer volume may be low,
> try adjusting that.
> 
> Goodluck,
> Naresh
> 
> -----------------------------------
> Naresh Reddy
> nyg102@psu.edu
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/nyg102
> -----------------------------------
> 
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Michael Lazin wrote:
> 
> > I have a soundblaster live card in a linux box
> running mandrake 7.1.  I
> > tried using oss sound drivers, and now I can
> listen to CDs, but I can't
> > listen to mp3s or get sound on games.  Any
> suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> 
> 
>
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