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I use FC6 and i have Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
When i had FC5 my sound didn't work at all.The configuration menu recognised my sound card but it just didn't work.I heared only noise.
In FC6 i also din't hear any sound but suddenly (after i did update maybe?) my sound worked but it recognised only stereo 2.1 and not surround 5.1.
Again suddenly,today i am at the beggining!I have no sound,i hear only the noise.
I tried changing my /etc/modprobe.conf as alsa says but nothing.
If anyone knows what to do..
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
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Sounds like the common issue. Run the command in a terminal. Run the command ' alsamixer '. Check the volumes for master and pcm. Use arrow keys to move across and raise if set at zero. Now check and see if a MM is at the top of those bars. If so arrow over to that channel and hit the M key to unmute the channel. Exit and test for sound. To save the settings after a reboot run this command as root ' alsactl store '.
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
Rep:
Check in the HCL section here. It is a link at the top or to the right. See if others have the same issue. Most Audigy I thought used the module emu10k1. List your loaded modules with the command ' lsmod '. One last thought is make sure speakers is plugged in the correct port.
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
Rep:
Looks like it is seeing two sound cards. Is there onboard audio card?
If so post contents of /etc/modprobe.conf
If bios can disable the onboard sound card try that.
On reboot then the kudzu tool should correct hardware devices.
Try sound. If no sound try the alsamixer routine in above post.
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias snd-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106
alias snd-card-1 snd-via82xx
# Module options should go here
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-emu10k1 index=0
options snd-card-1 index=1
options snd-via82xx index=1
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
# card #0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
# card #1
alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
I added the lines below #ALSA portion as i saw at the alsa project site
But before that (adding the lines) again i hadn't sound
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
Rep:
Know nothing about the #Alsa section you have added. Other than that it looks good on the modprobe.conf file. That is the correct module for the sound card you have as far as what I can find here and on the net. I am at a lost now as to why it does not work.
Play with the settings system-config-soundcard until you hear pleasant sounds.
Hit apply and reboot.
Play an audio loop with xmms or other sound program and mess around with the sliders in kmix until you hear sound again.
Log out of KDE. This will save your session and settings. Or go into session editor and enable restart to manually-saved sessions and save your session. Now KDE will remember these settings every time it boots up, even if you mess with them later.
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
Rep:
I did mention it earlier but does the card have 2 jacks for speakers? If so try the other. Other than that I am at a lost to the issue. Maybe the card you have is not the same as previous Audigy ones and the module does not work with that card.
You have enabled digital sound, which sounds like noise on normal speakers. Maybe right-click kmix and enable IEC958 playback and then disable it. Try clicking and un-clicking the other IEC958 switches too, especially IEC958 output.
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