FC3 Still Hates Me: No Sound

[Craig]

blank wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> 
>> OK, next gripe. It detects my hardware, loads modules, I've used 
>> alsamixer to make sure it's unmuted, I've used aRTS Control Tool to 
>> turn up the volume, I've checked settings under aumix, nothing. 
>> There's no longer a "volume control" menu item under "Sound & Video" 
>> or I would have tried that.
>>
>> Not even a decent error message. system-config-soundcard says it found 
>> a VIA VT8233/A 8235/8237 AC87 Audio Controller and used module 
>> snd_via82xx. Hitting the 'play test sound' button produces the 
>> following output in the terminal window:
>> Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
>>  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
>>  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>>  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
>>  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
>>  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
>> Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : 
>> Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
>> Warning: rate is not accurate (requested = 44100Hz, got = 48000Hz)
>>         please, try the plug plugin (-Dplug:hw:0,0)
>>
>> No sound shows up.
>>
>> /dev/mixer shows up with rw permission for my userid.
>>
>> lsmod shows:
>> snd                    54053  9 
>> snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device 
>>
>> snd_ac97_codec         64401  1 snd_via82xx
>> snd_mixer_oss          17217  1 snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_mpu401_uart         8769  1 snd_via82xx
>> snd_page_alloc          9673  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
>> snd_pcm                97993  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_pcm_oss            47609  0
>> snd_rawmidi            26725  1 snd_mpu401_uart
>> snd_seq_device          8137  1 snd_rawmidi
>> snd_timer              29765  1 snd_pcm
>> snd_via82xx            27237  0
>> soundcore               9889  1 snd
>>
>> Motherboard is an ECS K7VTA3.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> 
> Dave,
> 
> i have sound.
> 
> People have been talking about muting this or that in alsamixer. Well, 
> as a "one last time, i'll check this thing out".
> 
> Well, i didn't have to change any mute settings, but i did change the 
> item "IEC958" from "analog" to "digital". This item is 19 to the right 
> of start in alsamixer.
> 
> i don't know enough to say if your settings' listings will be the same 
> on another card, but i now have sound for the first time in a few weeks. 
> i am very relieved :)
> 
> Where else should i make sure this info can be found?
> 
On the alsa site, also an email to fedoranews.org, fedoraforum.org or the fedora
community portal (fcp.homelinux.org) would all be excellent suggestions.
Moreover bugzilla redhat to add this into the documentation/fix list for fc4,
which is the next release.

Craig

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