sound problem -- fixed

[Gerhard Magnus]

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 22:28 +0100, Anand Buddhdev wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 November 2005 21:56, Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> 
> > Anand Buddhdev <arb at anand.org> writes:
> > > This is a known issue on FC4. What you need to do is open the
> > > mixer, and look for the switch "analogue/digital output jack" and
> > > turn it on. Then your sound will play just fine. I don't know why
> > > it default to the off position, but it's frustrating if you don't
> > > know about it.
> >
> > Could you please describe it in more detail? I use the GNOME desktop,
> > and have looked for this switch in the
> >
> > Applications->Sound&Video->Volume Control
> >
> > tool, but I could not find it. And no, I am not the original poster,
> > I just have the same problem.
> 
> I don't use Gnome, so I can't describe the precise steps. I think that 
> if you right click on the little volume control applet in the top 
> right-hand corner, it will give you the choice of opening the mixer.
> 
> Alternatively, open a terminal window, and run the program "alsamixer". 
> You'll see a screen with many vertical bars, each representing the 
> volume of a particular channel or component. Use the right arrow key to 
> scroll to the analogue/digital output jack. When you come to it, you'll 
> see that it probably has MM under it. Type the 'M' key on the keyboard 
> to unmute it, and your sound will work.
> 
> Anand

I still haven't been able to find any analog/digital output switch to
un-mute.  But what turned out to be successful in fixing this problem
was "yum update alsa*"

Jerry