[K12OSN] No Volume Control Elements and/or devices found

[David Trask]

"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 2:35 PM +0000 wrote:
>I logged in with a test account I keep around called "Peon."  As you 
>might surmise this account has minimal access privileges.  Running 
>gstreamer-properties and setting the output to ESD and the input to OSS 
>gives the error "Failed to construct test pipeline" on both test 
>buttons.  No sound in applications either.  I'm not sure what libraries 
>I need to make sure are in place, but I did and "everything" install and 
>have run yum/apt/up2date to make sure I'm current.  Is it possible I 
>have the wrong repositories set?  I haven't modified anything manually.

Check and see if the sound server is enabled in Gnome....if it
is...disable it.  All it really does is produce the bings and bongs for
system alerts, but in my experience it will prevent many sound apps from
working at all.  Disable the sound server and then try...things may work
now (you may need to reboot).  

I use nasd and IceWM and have had sound in Flash, all apps, all players,
and Firefox for quite some time now.  I have yet to try sound in K12LTSP
4.4, but I will the first week in August.  If you guys get something else
working...document it to save me the headache  *please?*

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100