Two old problems with FC6

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 00:03 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:

> > >
> > > Anne
> >
> > Ok, we are moving forward. The card is not recognised but no sound. I
> > lied as said I heard it but now two further problems:
> >
> > 1. The volume control says when run: No volume control GStreamer plugins
> > and/or devices  found.
> >
> > 2. alsamixer when run says: sound_ctrl_open failed for default : no such
> > device.
> >
> > It is getting curiouser and curiouser out there. Any further advice.
> 
> Can you post the output of /sbin/lsmod, just to see what has been loaded. Also 
> you could try as root  /usr/sbin/alsactl restore. If there are any mixer 
> settings there, this should get something showing in alsamixer. Post the 
> output of cat /proc/asound/cards  as well, just to see where the card is 
> located.
> 
> I'm still using FC1,2,3,4,and 5. I've seen so many problems with FC6 that I'm 
> glad I havn't installed it yet. 
> 
> Over to you.
> 
> Nigel.
The alsamixer and volume control are working now. But CD-s will not
play. The program (gnome-cd in this case) opens, displays the first song
on the CD but then does not run any further.

So I have progressed.

-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>