Weird sound issues Was: FC 2 : Alsa,Alsa,Alsa

[red]

Guy Fraser schrieb:
> david walcroft wrote:
> 
>> I've just put FC2 in, system-config-soundcard works with no problem
>> but KDE does'nt want to work.It's the same problem I had in Test3 and I
>> get these two errors,which did'nt happen in Test3
>>
>> "Sound server informational message:
>> Error while initializing the sound driver:
>> device: default can't be opened for playback (Unknown error)
>> The sound server will continue, using the null output device."
>>
>> "amixer: Unknown playback setup 'on' "
>> this error appears when running  system-config-soundcard
>>
>> my card is an Audigy emuk10,I have not tried other sound sources (xmms)
>> yet.
>>
>>   TIA    david
> 
> 
> Hmmm
> 
> I was able to get XMMS to play WAV files after selecting ESD as the 
> output system, but could not get Gnome to play the WAV sounds. I 
> switched to KDE and it plays sounds well.
> 
> Even though I had all the sound levels cranked up the line in level was 
> not very loud. While trying to get my scanner to work I started 
> scanimage and the volume jumped up. For what ever reason scanimage 
> decided to use my video capture card because it couldn't find my scanner.
> 
> In Gnome the mixer shows way too many volume controls. Many appear to be 
> duplicates and some don't move. In KDE the mixer seems to show the 
> correct number of mixer controls and they all seem to work.
> 
> When i did an lsmod as root, I noticed that the OSS compatibility module 
> was loaded. The reason I mention it, was I had originally thought Gnome 
> had been compiled with OSS support rather than ALSA support. Since the 
> OSS module is loaded it shouldn't matter which one it was compiled with 
> I would think.
> 
> The sound on the computer with the problems has an on-board {ASUS-P4PE}
> SoundMax {ADI198x AC97 codec}. I wonder if it is somehow stuck in 
> surround sound mode. When I get home tonight I will try hooking the 
> speakers to the line in and mic jacks to see if it is sending sound to 
> those ports {that is where the centre/sub and surround outputs are when 
> in surround mode}.
> 
> 

ha, found the solution for my sound-problem... i had to try the other 
jacks... thank you for this hint!
greets
red

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