Folks, Yesterday I had to reboot -- this is highly stressful experience for me, as *every* time I do that something doesn't work, especially something to do with sound. Sure enough, I can no longer turn the sound loud enough, despite fscking around with alsamixer, and a myriad of other sliders all over the place. Guys, I am using _standard_ hardware, I am running a _standard_ F11 install. I am doing nothing special! And yet, I can not get more than 24h of reliable sound out of my system!!! Newsflash! It is 2009! Sound Just Doesn't Work (TM)! How is a regular user supposed to use this system? I have spent *tens* of hours trying to get it to work, It just doesn't! I filed bug reports, investigated, etc. Lennart is very helpful, I appreciate it. Yet, basic sound output is a _total_ nightmare: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501122 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500657 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497550 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493788 I have more Linux experience than 99.99% of all Linux users, and it managed to almost break me. Is a "normal" user to have a better experience? If so, I'd love to know how. I really do. Guys, please understand: I love all the tricks that I can do with PA. They are really neat. But they mean _zero_ if basic sound just doesn't work! Even controlling volume is a nightmare (bug 501122). Does anybody care that in AD 2009 we ship a system where getting basic sound of one's computer would make a grown man cry? -- Dimi Paun <dimi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Lattica, Inc. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
