Weird sound issues Was: FC 2 : Alsa,Alsa,Alsa

[david walcroft]

red wrote:
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> red schrieb:
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>> Guy Fraser schrieb:
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>>> david walcroft wrote:
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>>>> I've just put FC2 in, system-config-soundcard works with no problem
>>>> but KDE does'nt want to work.It's the same problem I had in Test3 and I
>>>> get these two errors,which did'nt happen in Test3
>>>>
>>>> "Sound server informational message:
>>>> Error while initializing the sound driver:
>>>> device: default can't be opened for playback (Unknown error)
>>>> The sound server will continue, using the null output device."
>>>>
>>>> "amixer: Unknown playback setup 'on' "
>>>> this error appears when running  system-config-soundcard
>>>>
>>>> my card is an Audigy emuk10,I have not tried other sound sources (xmms)
>>>> yet.
>>>>
>>>>   TIA    david
>>>
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>>>
>>> Hmmm
>>>
>>> I was able to get XMMS to play WAV files after selecting ESD as the 
>>> output system, but could not get Gnome to play the WAV sounds. I 
>>> switched to KDE and it plays sounds well.
>>>
>>> Even though I had all the sound levels cranked up the line in level 
>>> was not very loud. While trying to get my scanner to work I started 
>>> scanimage and the volume jumped up. For what ever reason scanimage 
>>> decided to use my video capture card because it couldn't find my 
>>> scanner.
>>>
>>> In Gnome the mixer shows way too many volume controls. Many appear to 
>>> be duplicates and some don't move. In KDE the mixer seems to show the 
>>> correct number of mixer controls and they all seem to work.
>>>
>>> When i did an lsmod as root, I noticed that the OSS compatibility 
>>> module was loaded. The reason I mention it, was I had originally 
>>> thought Gnome had been compiled with OSS support rather than ALSA 
>>> support. Since the OSS module is loaded it shouldn't matter which one 
>>> it was compiled with I would think.
>>>
>>> The sound on the computer with the problems has an on-board {ASUS-P4PE}
>>> SoundMax {ADI198x AC97 codec}. I wonder if it is somehow stuck in 
>>> surround sound mode. When I get home tonight I will try hooking the 
>>> speakers to the line in and mic jacks to see if it is sending sound 
>>> to those ports {that is where the centre/sub and surround outputs are 
>>> when in surround mode}.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ha, found the solution for my sound-problem... i had to try the other 
>> jacks... thank you for this hint!
>> greets
>> red
>>

> 
> there is still a problem. when i try to start esd on gnome startup it 
> hangs when trying to open the gnome session.
> some ideas?
> greets
> red
> 
Maybe the updated libgnome-2.6.0-3 can help,doesn't work for me including
installing arjvans 2.6.6.1-5 kernel.xmms works ok but not kde still....

    david