Question: configuring a sound card

[Stephen Clower]

hi John,
  What distribution are you using? If you simply get no sound and Linux doesn't complain about wave device errors, then it's likely that your sound card is muted. If you're using the ALSA sound drivers, you can do something like:
amixer set Master 100 unmute
amixer set PCM 25 unmute
to unmute your master and PCM channels. These are the settings I use on my laptop, so you'll probably have to experiment to find which volume works best for you. When you're finished, issue this command:
alsactl store
Now, any time the ALSA drivers are loaded into memory, your settings will be used. If you're not using ALSA, make sure the card has been found. Type
lsmod
and examine its output. If you see something about your sound card in the list of loaded modules, then you should be good to go. Note: ALSA sound modules start with the prefix snd, whereas the older OSS/Free drivers do not. Thus, my laptop's sound module for ALSA is snd-maestro3, and the old OSS/Free driver name is just maestro3. Knowing this should also help you to determine which type of module is loaded into memory.
HTH
Steve

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