Hi Roy, No, I'm really not sure what's going on. Getting sound to run by default was a real pain with Fedora Core 2. Try going to http://www.linuxquestions.org and check their forum index for help. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/2/2004 at 10:42 PM Roy Nickelson wrote: >hi, >i apear to be using the alsa sound drivers, I am us9ing fedora. However >I can't get any sound to play. This is confusing because I had no >trouble on redhat 9. all I had to do is type >play /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav and i would hear the sound. >Now I don't hear anything. I can tell my speakers aren't muted because I >can hear the hum when I turn them up. when I mute them the hum goes >away. Do you have any sugestions? >roy >On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Stephen >Clower wrote: > >> hi John, >> What distribution are you using? If you simply get no sound and Linux >doesn't complain about wave device errors, then it's likely that your >sound card is muted. If you're using the ALSA sound drivers, you can do >something like: >> amixer set Master 100 unmute >> amixer set PCM 25 unmute >> to unmute your master and PCM channels. These are the settings I use on >my laptop, so you'll probably have to experiment to find which volume >works best for you. When you're finished, issue this command: >> alsactl store >> Now, any time the ALSA drivers are loaded into memory, your settings >will be used. If you're not using ALSA, make sure the card has been found. >Type >> lsmod >> and examine its output. If you see something about your sound card in >the list of loaded modules, then you should be good to go. Note: ALSA >sound modules start with the prefix snd, whereas the older OSS/Free >drivers do not. Thus, my laptop's sound module for ALSA is snd-maestro3, >and the old OSS/Free driver name is just maestro3. Knowing this should >also help you to determine which type of module is loaded into memory. >> HTH >> Steve >> >> Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. >> You can reach me by any of the following: >> E-Mail: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> MSN: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> AIM: AudioRabbit03 >> >> You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting >http://www.steve-audio.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list