On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 17:54 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Joris Huizer wrote: > > > > > --- "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > i've been fighting for the last few hours, and > > > exchanging some > > > posts on the fedora test mailing list, trying to get > > > functioning sound > > > on my gateway laptop. i'm an alsa newbie, so please > > > take that into > > > account. > > > > > > yesterday, i installed f8-t1 on this gateway > > > mx8711 and, during the > > > install, the sound test worked fine. since then, > > > nothing. > > > > Assuming the problem is "just" no sound output - you must unmute the > > sound card, as the default settings are to have it completely mute. > > You can change those settings by running 'alsamixer' on the command > > line and changing them. Use 'm' to mute/unmute and 'up'/'down' keys > > to increase/decrease sound volume. > > > > It's worth checking at least > > actually, i messed with alsaunmute earlier and finally got sound when > i'm running the cd player, but still nothing when i'm playing embedded > youtube videos. so i'm guessing this is something other than a simple > sound configuration. is there some reason playing cds would work, and > youtube videos wouldn't? Firstly does: aplay <some.wav> Work? If so is this an x86_64 system using nspluginwrapper to run the flash plugin? In which case you will also need the 32bit alsa libraries (as well as the 64 bit ones) for the plugin to use. /J\ -- Established 1963 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
