lsmod |grep snd You should see your sound devices listed. Next, run a mixer of some kind to check levels. As was previously mentioned, levels are at 0 and muted by default in ALSA. aumix -q works well, imho, and is still available in FC3. Brent Harding writes: > That's exactly what I get. Wouldn't the lack of detection give an error? > Audio is one of the things speakup mentions the system initializing when it > starts, so maybe it is set up right. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:18 AM > Subject: Re: sound and linux > > > > Hi, > > In fc-3 the sound is muted for some soundcards. > > With an everything install, you can use amixer to set things right. > > I had to turn headphones on to make my sound work. > > The symtom was that when one run play soundfile.wav, the command finnished > > without problems , but there was no sound like when the speakers was'nt > > plugged in. > > HTH > > Willem > > > > > > On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Brent Harding wrote: > > > > > I noticed than in my fc-3 I don't have a lot of modules in the > > > lib/modules/kernelversion directory. I get no sound from my sb-live > either. > > > I will have to try the same thing, I want to play with gnopernicus, hope > > > that pretty well works out of the box. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:15 PM > > > Subject: Re: sound and linux > > > > > > > > >> yes. Download alsa-utils-1.0.8.tar.gz from > > >> http://alsa-project.org/alsa-utils/ and build it as root on your > system. > > >> Once finished you'll have alsaconf on your system it's a script. Run > it > > >> and agree to having your /etc/modules.conf modified. Don't worry if > you > > >> get can't find rc.alsasound. Once done, aumix -v 100; aumix -p 100; > aumix > > >> -c 100; aumix -m 100; alsactl store; shutdown -r now. When you reboot > try > > >> using aplay or play to play a sound file you find in /usr/share/sounds. > > >> If that works you're in business. I don't have a bugzilla account so > > >> can't file a bug with the fedora project. The fedora project has for > > >> x-window users system-configure-soundcard that is fine for x-window > users > > >> but doesn't do a thing for speakup and other screen reader users. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, 27 May 2005, Michael Malver wrote: > > >> > > >>> I have a sound blaster 64 which somehow didn't get recognized when > linux > > > was > > >>> installed. > > >>> I see reference to a program called sndconfig, but that seems to be > > > gone. > > >>> I am a bit intimidated with building a kernel partly because I'm very > > > new to > > >>> linux, and partly because I am unsure of the relation to kernel > sources > > > and > > >>> speakup and how it all ties together. > > >>> Is there anything I can do on my current system to get the sound > blaster > > >>> working/ It worked uner redhat 7, but when I upgraded to fc3, I whiped > > > out > > >>> the whole system. > > >>> thanks for any help. > > >>> If I must rebuild a kernel, what is the rpm command I would issue to > > > gret > > >>> the sources I need? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> > > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >>> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list