Lost sound on my notebook after FC5 upgrade

[tom poe]

Joe Klemmer wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 07:06 -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> 
>>> 	It's not a critical problem, obviously, because it took me months
>>> before I noticed it.  But it would be nice to have sound on those rare
>>> occasions then I might want it.  Any and all help is greatly
>>> appreciated.
> [...]
>> Presuming that you are using GNOME, go into the menus:
> 
> 	Actually my normal desktop is Xfce (running Xfce 4.4b2) but I have
> tried testing everything under both GNOME and KDE with the same results.
> 
>> System -> Preferences -> Volume Control
>>
>> Then click on the 'Switches' tab and make sure that the "External 
>> Amplifier" check box is checked.
> 
> 	Done did that again just now and still no luck.  The problem might be
> HW related as this eMachines laptop is falling apart (it's only 1 year
> and 8 months old!!).  I wish I could afford a new laptop but living on a
> fixed income (and being legally homeless to boot) makes things like food
> and clothes a higher priority.  :-(
> 
> 	Thanks for responding, though.
> 
Joe:  Still working on sound?  You might want to explore low-latency 
kernel through CCRMA.  That would turn your beat-up laptop into 
state-of-the-art audio/video recording machine. 
ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/  The mailing list is great for 
helping solve sound glitches.
Tom
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