sound card installed not working
 

hi

i just installed some 2 year old sound card from my old computer

and i play some file like in xmms and no sound comes out of my headfones

but on the screen it shows the visual sound equalizer things (the bars dancing up and down lol)

so i think i need some help with this

thanks

Re: sound card installed not working
 

the sound was defaulted to mute, have you moved the vol and pcm up till say 90% by using alsamixer and then alsactl store?

oh wow didnt know that hehe thanks man

hope it helps you. slackware has it's perculiarity, but once you know it(i jot them down for my future reinstallation use), you will be ok.

hrmm... when i type in
alsactl
it says command not found

You have to be root to run it.

To elaborate...

alsactl is in /usr/sbin, which won't be in your user's path, but it is in root's. You also have to have write permission for /etc/asound.state which requires root.

it should be at root:

#alsamixer (do the adjustment on vol and pcm, hit M to unmute)

#alsactl store


not sure it needs a reboot, i cannot recall now, but no harm doing it (my windoze habit is still very much with me)

awesome thanks guys