[K12OSN] Sound Issues

[Barry Solof]

Hi,

Seem there is another roadblock.  Once again I've done a great deal of 
googling but have not found an appropriate solution.

Installed the gconf-editor and started it as root.  Navigated to the 
audiosink value and changed the value to esdsink.  Logged the terminal 
in but didn't get sound so I rebooted the server and tried again.  Still 
no sound.

Went back into gconf-editor and to the audiosink value.  It now has the 
tag "This key is not writeable." on it.  I've tried unsetting it (which 
seems to have reset it to its default value) but it will not allow me to 
edit it anymore.  Every attempt to edit it comes up with a read only 
error. 

Again, it is doing this to the root user.  Any ideas on what to do? 

Many thanks for any and all suggestions.

Barry


Gideon Romm wrote:
> 1.  log in as a user with "sudo" privileges and run "sudo gconf-editor"
> OR  log in and "su" to root (NOTE:  "su" not "su -") and run
> "gconf-editor"
> 2.  Go to: system > gstreamer > 0.10 > default
> 3.  change the audiosink value to:  "esdsink" and hit enter
> 4.  right click on that field and select "Set as Mandatory"
>
> Next time the user logs in, you should get sound
>
> HTH,
>
> -Gideon
>
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 16:21 -0400, Barry Solof wrote:
>   
>> Hi Gideon,
>>
>> Thanks for the help.  I really appreciate it.
>>
>> The package has been installed successfully and the lts.conf has been 
>> modified for "snd-cs4236".
>>
>> The terminal now loads the new drivers when booting and you can hear the 
>> speakers click "on" as the drivers load.  Yet there still isn't any 
>> sound in Gnome.  When attempting to run the volume control there is this 
>> error message: "no volume control gstreamer plugins and/or devices found".
>>
>> A google search has not helped with a fix.  Do you have any ideas where 
>> to start looking for clues?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Barry
>>
>> Gideon Romm wrote:
>>     
>>> It could be that there is no OSS driver for your sound card on the 2.6
>>> kernel.  If this is the case, you can try using my esd+alsa package for
>>> LTSP.  Just install it, and then specify the sound module to be:
>>>
>>> SMODULE_01 = "snd-cs4236"
>>>
>>> here's a link to the package for download:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#esd_ALSA_sound_on_LTSP_4_2
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> -Gideon
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 13:04 -0400, Barry Solof wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to finish an install of a 5.0.0 K12ltsp server and it is 
>>>> *almost* ready.  Unfortunately, trying to get sound on the terminals has 
>>>> been very frustrating.  I've tried countless Google searches and changed 
>>>> a bunch of things in lts.conf but still can't get sound working.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The server: a Dell Poweredge with dual 933 processors, 2 gig ram, scsi 
>>>> drives. All yum updates applied.
>>>> The terminals: Dell GXa and GX1 computers with built in CS4236B sound cards.
>>>>
>>>> lts.conf has the line:  
>>>>
>>>> SMODULE_01       = "cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When the terminals boot, you'll see a line that modprobe has found a 
>>>> cs4236b device at io=0x534 irq=5 and dma=1.  Yet the next line reads 
>>>> "probe of 01:01:00 failed with and error code of -16". 
>>>>
>>>> Is the cs4232 driver the correct one for the cs4236b?  Is there 
>>>> something else that needs to be configured or updated to get the sound 
>>>> to work? 
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, the rest of the system seems to be running very well.  
>>>> Programs launch quickly and run rather nicely.  The ability to access 
>>>> floppies and cds by default is *very* nice. 
>>>>
>>>> All help and ideas is greatly appreciated. 
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Barry
>>>>
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