Where did my sound go?

david walcroft david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au
Mon Mar 26 23:22:34 UTC 2007


Kam Leo wrote:
> On 3/25/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> > On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 09:58 -0400, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>> >> first this is an x86_64 machine running FC6.
>> >>
>> >> I just updated the system with the latest updates with yum, two 
>> items I
>> >> noticed that maybe of interest that were updated are ALSA and the
>> >> Kernel.  Ever since these packages were updated I have lost the sound.
>> >>
>> >> However... If I go to the sound card detection it play fine, run 
>> vlc and
>> >> the machine is silent.  The web browser is silent and so is the mail
>> >> client's (thunderbird) new mail notification.
>> >>
>> >> The sound card in the machine is 06:02.0 Multimedia audio controller:
>> >> Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) per lspci and the sound card detection
>> >> program says its module "snd-ens1371"
>> >>
>> >> Suggestions?
>> >>
>> >> TIA, Jeff
>> >>
>> > Yes, go to alsamixer and adjust the sound and raise the sound in the
>> > sound chanels asn well as umute those with a MM at the base by 
>> typing m.
>> > I just had to do that when the installation of firefox2 screwed up the
>> > sound levels.
>>
>> I have the same problem except Alsamixer is set correctly and I can find
>> "system-config-soundcard" at "/usr/bin/system-config-soundcard" but with
>>   no result,it will not run.Any other way to test my sound card.
>>
> 
> In system-config-soundcard go to System tab, click  "Reload audio
> drivers", click "Apply" button, then give sound test another go.
> 
>>    David
> 

Kam
     My "sytem-config-soundcard" does not work,the software is there but 
it does not run.

   David




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