SUSE 10 plays system sounds, but not CDs
 

Hi, I'm a comblete :newbie: to linux and I've just managed to sucessfully install a soundcard and speakers (which I never thought i'd do) anyway, Sounds from flash animation from the internet work, and system sounds work, but i cannot play CDs. KsCD looks like it's playing the cd; it has all the track numbers and durations and when you click play the marker moves along the line to show the place in the track; but no sound is coming out. I've made sure that all the volume controls i can find are up enough to hear. How would I go about rectifying this? thanks.

As a guess, you may need an analog cable from your CD player to your sound card, whether it is onboard or PCI.

it's pci, but i don't see any posssible connectors on either end. also, neither konqueror or firefox like sound from plugins either. my windows machines are broken and i miss ytmnd so please help :cry:

thanks

You need to check the documentation (instruction manual) for your PCI audio card. I am 99% sure that they all have this connection. So does every CD and DVD drive. Here is a link showing what the cable looks like:

http://www.directron.com/cblaudl.html

The connection end is generally four pins and may or may not have a plastic shroud. The connector is the white object in the picture in the link below. They are also sometimes placed along the edge of the board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...ard+%2D+Retail

Ah, yes i recognise those now, it just didn't occur to me because i am a duh-brain.

also how do i get sound from internet plugins working?

Multimedia problems typically arise from having something missing, broken, or crippled in mplayer, xine, or a codec. Missing packages and codecs are generally a mystery to anyone new to Linux, and it is hard for many to know what needs fixing. Anyway, the following article walks you through solutions for most all of these problems. Good luck. :)

http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/42/

thanks, i'll have a good look at that when i got some time - My distro is SUSE 10.0 and that article is about 10.1, would that make any difference?

I have not checked out the article thoroughly, but the sections that caught my interest initially were fully compatible with my installation and I am running SUSE 10.0.

in the kscd optuiosn you have to enable digital playback, this will get sound working from cd's

I went to the article at thejemreport and I found the section entitled "Flash, Acrobat, Windows Media, MP3, and RealMedia support" I try to install some things and it doesn't seem to like it. There are a few odd things that happen when i try to install software; I get errors saying installation source not refreshed; I search for the package as normal and click accept, but it them displays some automatic changes to resolve dependencies; Then it looks to the CD for the packages and does nothing. the screen comes up as if it were starting to install the programs, the lights light up on my CD drives, but they don't make any sound or react any other way. the installation screen continues to be displayed and cannot be closed. What's going on? Thanks

To get the source to refresh (advised), go into YaST and select Software --> Installation Source. Each source will indicate whether it is active and will refresh by the presence of a "no" or "yes." Some buttons at the bottom enable you to turn them on and off.

I suggest accepting all recommendations to resolve dependencies. This can include adding, updating, and removing packages.

Resolving dependencies is the purpose of a package manager like YaST. It is like helping someone who is trying to buy a computer without a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. To resolve the dependencies (in this example), it is suggested that you also get the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. If you do not understand what YaST recommends, that is OK.

how do you mean reccomendations? i can see the tools to change these settings, but where can i re-set it to how it should be?

thanks

When you use the YaST2 package manager to install a package, sometimes you get a pop up box stating you need to change 1 or 2 or 15 ;) things to resolve dependency issues. In such a case, you would click on the "OK" or "accept" button. (At this moment I am running MEPIS and cannot give you an example of exactly what you will see, but I am sure you can figure it out.) You can also see this if you select a package and then click on a button at the bottom of the window that states "Check Dependencies" (or words to that effect).