audio gone since upgrade to F8

[Frank Chiulli]

On Dec 9, 2007 9:14 AM, Huub <huubvanniekerk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Try aplay -lLv to see what alsa thinks is available.
>
> as root:
>
> default:CARD=CK8S
>      NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
>      Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
>      NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
>      Front speakers
> surround40:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
>      NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
>      4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
>      NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
>      4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
>      NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
>      5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=CK8S,DEV=0
>      NVidia CK8S, NVidia CK8S
>      5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> null
>      Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> default:CARD=UART
>      MPU-401 UART
>      Default Audio Device
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: CK8S [NVidia CK8S], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK8S]
>    Subdevices: 1/1
>    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: CK8S [NVidia CK8S], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK8S -
> IEC958]
>    Subdevices: 1/1
>    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
> >
> > Then aplay -Dplughw:0,0 some.wav to see if you can play directly through
> > alsa.
>
> Yes, that works but only as root.
>
> >
> > I saw problems with esound being automatically enabled in F8 when it was
> > in rawhide.
> > esdctl off
> >
> > I also needed nothing that pulseaudio provided and couldn't get it to
> > work.  I admit I didn't
> > try very hard. ;-)
> >
> > yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
> >
> > If it works after this you know it is pulseaudio related and can go from
> > there.
> > If it comes up with another error you can search yum packages to see if
> > it is
> > available
> >
> > yum list all | grep -i "part_of_packagename"  e.g. pulse or alsa, etc.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Didn't remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio yet. Any more suggestions?
>
>
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Sorry but I don't have any answers.  I just wanted to let you know
that you're not alone.  I have a SoundBlaster Live and I see also the
exact same results as you do.  I'm hoping someone comes up with a
solution that I can use also.