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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I first installed Fedora Core 3 alsa was
installed by default but the alsa driver</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>snd_via82xx didn't work: it produced a
buzzing noise whenever anything was played. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I recompiled the kernel and switched to the free
oss driver via82cxxx_audio. With this </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>driver I can play files from the command line
without the buzzing noise, but now I can't</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>get it to work in Gnome. Both the card
detection and hardware detection utility in Gnome insist </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>that driver is still snd_via82xx even though now those modules are no
longer installed. I get </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>the impression that
either Gnome or the Fedora version of Gnome is "hardwired" to use </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>alsa, but I can't be sure of this as I haven't been able to
find any good documentation on </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>the sound system
anywhere - Gnome Help, Google, Gnome website, etc. I've seen some
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>references to sound server and ESD, but I haven't
seen any indication of esd running on </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>the
system. Any help at all even if just where I could find more
information would be </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>greatly
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIA,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>George</FONT></DIV>
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