FC6 and "Realtek High Definition Audio" problem

[Daniel Parish]

On 12/27/06, Martin Denham <mjdenham at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just installed FC6 but there is no sound.
>
> Do you know if ALSA supports "Realtek High Definition Audio" on-board sound.
>
> Here is a list of what is installed:
> [me at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep alsa
> alsa-lib-1.0.12-2.fc6
> alsa-utils-1.0.12-3.fc6
> alsa-lib-devel-1.0.12-2.fc6
> alsa-lib-1.0.12-2.fc6
>
> The "Soundcard Detection" program displays "nVidia Corporation MCP61
> High Definition Audio", but I don't know why it displays that, or if it should.
>

A common problem is that alsa sound is muted by default.  Launch
alsamixer (from the command line) and have a look.

Daniel