ok raul,, instead of setting your pcm at 100%, try setting it to 84% no higher. the reason is as far as I understand it, the pcm is kind of like a drive or gain control and too much gain causes distortion. hth On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Raul A . Gallegos wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded. Yes the driver below is the one that > is correct for this laptop. Everythong seems to load fine per lsmod and > the output of /etc/rc.d/alsa start > > Now if I try to play for example the windows_logon.wav file I get a high > piercing yet quiet tone from the speakers. > > I type 'aplay win.wav' and get the following output. > > root at gallegos:/usr/bin# aplay /tmp/win.wav > Playing WAVE '/tmp/win.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 > Hz, Stereo > > This piercing sound is what I'm guessing to be my mixer settings to not > be set correctly even though I've tried: > amixer sset Master 100 unmute > amixer sset pcm 100 unmute > amixer sset Wave 100 unmute > > None of those seems to help though. > > I'm definately making progress but not quite there yet. The asound.conf > file from speakup's ftp site is outdated with these drivers it seems so > I have not used it. > > jacobs at surferie.net said the following on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:31:54PM -0500: > > Hi > > Did you try the snd-card-ymfpci driver? As I recall the system in the Tecra 8100 is a yamaha DSXG (YMF7XX) chipset, exactly the chipset I've got in my satellite pro 4340. > > > > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos -- Sprint BWG Systems Administration > Network Operations Center 9300 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212 > Office:913/534.5603 PCS:913/488.3011 > mailto:raul.a.gallegos at mail.sprint.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Shaun Oliver. "We realize we have a problem with communication. However, we're not going to discuss it with our staff." email: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435
