How do i fix this?
 

I have a sound related issue. I have an IBM thinkpad 390E, 333mhz, 4.8 gig HD, 64 megs of RAM, and it is running RedHat 7.2. Everything is running great and autodected like my internet, etc.. but when I stick in a CD, or click on an MP3... it acts like it is playing, but I get no sound. I have tried to fool around with the sound settings in control panel with no luck. The Kernel I am using is KDE. Any suggestions? I would really like to get the sound to work! Thanks.

- gLITch

Have you tried sndcfg (or sndconfig - I can't remember which one is correct)?

No i have not. I will try this. I am not sure if this is related to my problem.. but when I logon to KDE... I get this message.
"Sound server informational message:"

Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device or resource busy)

The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

??? hmmm..... any thoughts?

- gLITch

Also i could not get sndconfig to work.... are you sure thats the right command?

KDE is your desktop environment,not your kernel.;)
To ID the kernel,type:
uname -r
lynch

Hmmm. Perhaps it's not autodetecting the soundcard. I'm not very familiar with Redhat's autodetection program. What type of soundcard is it?

(By the way the KDE isn't a kernel - it's just a xwindows manager).

ok try this:
get to a console;
then type su
and type the password.
then type setup
if it doesnt findit then type whereis setup to find the correct path.
when the setup screen appears, it will give you a lot of options to configure your system, including sound.

Sound configuration is under
/sbin/sndconfig

Yup, and the setup tool in RedHat uses the sndconfig if im not mistaken.

And sndconfig must be run as the root user.

su -

<password>

sndconfig

I found sndconfig, but am unable to open it. Even under root? Am i typing in the wrong command to open it? =/

Also just typing in "setup" in the shell did not open anything.

Go to a terminal and type su.When your prompted for a password,type in the root password and hit enter.
Then type /sbin/sndconfig

I have run soundcng... and it detected my card.... then it proceeded to make a 'test" noise... to see if i hear it. I can't... and if i turn the volume up on my laptop... it makes a high pitch screetch sound. I know sound works, because... i just had Windows on here. I'm kind of lost now..... any other thoughts?

You probably need to find the mixer to turn up the sound.Open a terminal and type kmix.you dont need to be root for that.
lynch

I think I know what is wrong!!! but am not sure how to fix it! The sound card DOES work, but... at the same time.. apparently the mic. that is built into my laptop is on... so I am hearing the mic... and the sound at the same time. Which explains the high squeak sound i get when i turn the volume up (feedback). I figured this out when i put my headset on... and was able to hear the computer fan and myself typing. ;-) The question is........

Where is the mic settings in KDE and how can I turn it off?!! Any feedback greatly appreciated!

- gLITch

You find that too in kmix.

kmix

did that work? if not, what did.

try enabling your pnp detection in your laptops bios

Not sure why you would suggest that. Enabling PnP in bios is a feature that surrenders resource allocation and hardware detection to Windows.If anything,I would disable PnP if you're running Linux.Heck,I disable PnP in the bios when Im installing Windows.
It has to do with the ESCD or extended system configuration database-as I understand it,Linux checks the ESCD at boot for updated hardware information.If PnP is enabled, the bios has passed a lot of the hardware detection chores to the PnP OS.
Now,it may work differently with a laptop, but I doubt it.
Mandrake for one,recommends in thier installation guide to always turn off PnP .
HTH:)
lynch

PNP
 

I had RH 7.3 inst on a machine and had pnp switched off
as I tried to inst my soundcard the sndcfg prog had some problems and in some howto i found to switch it on
you wont believe it it worked
thats why i suggested it

That's cool. Red hat may have worked around that.Thanks for the info.:)
lynch

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