On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings; > > Because many of you said to use it, it worked just fine, I re-installed it all > and I haven't had any noise from anything but kmail and maybe kino since > then, kino audio seemingly depending on the phase of the moon, day of thew > week and possibly multiplied by the age of the raccoon I last killed, now > many years ago. > > Anyway, I'm like the other guy who said all he wants to do is play some > fscking sound. Looking up the various pieces in yumex to see what there > might be for configuration helpers, I try several pieces but they return 0 > output, and all seem to be killable with a ctl-c. > > Until I get to padmin, now there is a real Super Informative Name. > > padmin displays, on the server tab, a whole menu of alsa stuff, every one of > which points into the nvidia chipsets builtin ac97 audio on this motgher > board, and absolutely zero reference is made to the the SBO-400 Audigy 2 card > that I actually use as the main sound system here, with the nvidia thingy > being relegated for skype etc usage. > > Now, many moons ago, I spent considerable time on this list arriving at > an /etc/modprobe.conf stanza that made it all work the way I wanted it to > work. It looks like this: > ------------------------- > alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 > options snd-card-0 index=0 > options snd-emu10k1 index=0 > alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 > options snd-card-1 index=1 > options snd-intel8x0 index=1 > alias snd-card-2 snd-mpu401 > options snd-card-2 index=2 > options snd-mpu401 index=2 > -------------------------- > > And if I can get enough of it killed and uninstalled, it will still work as I > have done exactly that once before. > > The pulseaudio wiki/web page has zero info on how to do this unless my speed > reading is skipping over it somehow, but I've now been over it 5 or 6 times > without anything raising its hand asking to go wiwi. > > If it would help, I can snapshot and post the various screens padmin shows. > Whoever wrote that gui seems to have left out the ability to clipboard the > contents. 500 lashes with a wet noodle are in order for that omission. > > Also, I get the impression this is an administration program, in which case I > ought to be able to edit some of this, multiple choices based on the > available hardware would be nice, but as near as I can tell, nothing is > editable, so whyinhell call it an admin program when it can't? Good question > that.. > > So how do I go about making pulseaudio work like I want it to work? > > URL's for answers is fine, but the pulseaudio web page I was pointed at before > is effectively all advertising, and about as useful as those appendages on > the belly of a boar hog. > I got no advice.. just questions. Is there anything special about your install? I have done two F9 installs so far, both with embedded sound cards however, and have had zero audio issues. Also, what does `lspci` say about your sound card? Arthur Pemberton -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
