Re: Where did my sound go?

[david walcroft <david_walcroft yahoo com au>]

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.

  David