2009/6/21 Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I had a good F7 version that did pretty much everything I wanted. But it was > no longer getting updates and I thought that since my ATI1600 video card was > being dropped by ATI, maybe I had better upgrade. Then when I install the > Sapphire 4770 card I will get updates and if I'm reading my mail correctly > there is likely to be good open source support for the 3D graphic > capabilities in the near term. Fine. So I switched to the new HD and > installed F11 x86_64 fresh. The sound doesn't work. OK, what about muting? > yes? Yes. The sound was muted by default. So I unmuted it. Still no sound. > Go to System -> Preferences -> Advanced Volume Control. no joy. Check the > plug on the back of the box, is it plugged in? yes. To the right little > hole? yes. Just where it was when I switched and it worked then. Volume > turned up on the speakers? yes. Don't know what else to check. The card is a > little Ensoniq Sound Blaster compatible I've had for years. I don't do any > tricks with it, just play tunes. > > I now remember going through this little dance two years ago or so when I > went from FC5 to F7. Isn't it brain dead to ship a distribution with the > sound muted by default? > > Apart from Ubuntu, does anyone have a suggestion where else I can look to > get things working? The system _thinks_ it's working, kplayer chugs through > Sweet Home Chicago just as if it was doing something useful, but no tune. > > Dave > The 4770 probably has a sound chip in it. In pavucontrol, check from the right-click context menu of an output stream that it is assigned to the right output device. -- Joonas Sarajärvi muepsj@xxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
