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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not sure what was necessary and for how many people
it will work, but...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The release notes for Fedora Core 2 say users can
run system-config-soundcard. I've run this several times and the only response I
get is that it needs an active X server(!) Why it needs an X server to configure
a soundcard is more than I can understand, but perhaps those who contend there
is no such thing as creeping GUIism can explicate it satisfactorily. Did running
this do any good? I have no idea...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since someone mentioned /usr/share/sounds as a
place for sound files, I went there. I clicked on one several times but don't
think it did anything (I've got a hearing loss) so I used aumixer to turn up the
master and PCM(?) volumes, both of which were set at minimum. And, IT WORKED!
All I can figure is that, unless system-config-soundcard did something, it must
have automatically recognized that I needed the ALSA driver and installed it
during system setup. Adjusting aumixer is certainly necessary,
though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, it's something to try, anyway. Why there's a
separate ALSA mixer and whether it works, I don't know. Heck, I don't even know
how to play a CD. But at least it makes noise, which is more than I've had since
starting Linux.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lee</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>