Where did my sound go?

[Kam Leo]

On 3/26/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> 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.

What do you mean by "tt does not run"?  Are you root or using sudo
when invoking this program?

>   David