Fedora Rant #3 - why are the sound controls so weird?

[Albert Charron]

In my case, this application let me choose which sound card is to be 
used as the primary.  I have 2 sound cards, 1 onboard that I use for 
headset and 1 addon that I use for my 5.1 speakers.

Albert

Timothy Murphy wrote:

>Matthew Saltzman wrote:
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>>>System Settings=>Soundcard Detection
>>>strikes me as completely useless.
>>>What exactly is the point of it?
>>>Has anyone ever found it of any use?
>>>      
>>>
>>Why, yes.  I find that it detects and configures my sound cards (SB Live!
>>and Intel 82801) flawlessly and plays a test sound in the left, right, and
>>both channels.  That means it got the right hardware and inserted the
>>right driver module with the right parameters.
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>In what way does it "configure" your card?
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>As far as I can see, it simply tells you what card it sees,
>and asks you if it is working.
>If it is, it tells you it is working.
>If it is not, it tells you it is not working.
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