sound problems - still

[Aaron Smith]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:18:38 -0800, Mike Thatcher <mthatcher at charter.net> wrote:
> Well I finally got sound working.  Using gnome volume control, when I
> set the the "Headpone" & "PCM" to max and unmute I finally got sound
> (yea). The master/master mono sliders have no effect.  The volume
> control which shows in the panel at the top of the gnome desktop has no
> effect (I don't know what this is the front end for). However the volume
> slider on RealPlayer 10.0.2 works correctly
> 
> Could someone explay why "Headphone" and not "Master" controls the volume?
> 
> miket

It could be a flaw in the ALSA driver.... Or, you could have your
speakers plugged into the wrong port on your sound card.. I did that
once and for weeks I couldn't figure out why.