lost sound after installing KDE

linmix · 12-30-2004, 02:51 PM

I have a motherboard with nVidia nforce2 chipset. After installing FC3 with gnome sound worked perfect (without installing the nvidia drivers). After installing KDE however, sound is gone. When I start XMMS I get the following message:

Code:

Couldn't open audio

Please check that your soundcard is configured properly
You have the correct plugin selected
No other program is blocking your soundcard

As far as I know soundcard is configured properly, unless KDE messed it up.

I've tried changing the plugin, but without success

I don't know that any other program might be using my soundcard.

Can I get sound back without installing the nforce drivers. If I need to (or had better) install them, can anyone point me to an easy howto?

linmix · 12-30-2004, 03:23 PM

The above error message only applies to aRTS. When I use any other plugin (ALSA, OSS) I get no warning message, but I still couldn't hear any sound.... untill I realised the speakers weren't getting electricity

Still, what's the advantage of installing the nforce drivers if everything works fine without them?

Belghouth · 12-31-2004, 01:22 AM

Try will alsa blugin.
from a console run "alsamixer" and swich on sound levels in both headphone and PCM.
Good luck

pradeepmenon777 · 01-26-2005, 06:20 AM

FEDORA CORE 2 Installation took place hours ago

my soundcard is recogmised, i have test sound in control panel working, but in no way can i listen to a song. It says that aRts cannot load the file
what could have gone wrong?
do help out!! I tried out everything that i could , changint to ALSA , then autodetect mode and all. but still, no solution to all this, please do help

ben_build#2.1.0 · 01-26-2005, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pradeepmenon777
FEDORA CORE 2 Installation took place hours ago

my soundcard is recogmised, i have test sound in control panel working, but in no way can i listen to a song. It says that aRts cannot load the file
what could have gone wrong?
do help out!! I tried out everything that i could , changint to ALSA , then autodetect mode and all. but still, no solution to all this, please do help

It is because the sound volume is muted. I don't know why, but my FC3 came stock with the cd player volume muted, and most of the other stuff was muted

like that guy in the previous post: unmute the options using 'Applications > Sound and Video" > Volume.